Summary

Chapter 13 SPEAKING OF WHICH

Sandros visits X in this chapter to complain that he is not happy with one of his doctors who has placed a cardio monitor to Sandros’s chest. X learns that it isn’t the monitor that has brought Sandros there, but rather to discuss how things are going with Alain. X says they are ‘okay’, but Sandros insists that now X take Alain under his wing and teach him right from wrong, mentor him, teach him something productive. X is appalled, but doesn’t show this to Sandros.

When Sandros leaves, X does as well, opting to cross the plaza outside of his office. He doesn’t have a destination in mind but ends up in a small art collection that is featuring trips to Antarctica. He understands the emotionally ajar faces captured in the photographs of the...