User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/Ask the Doc and his Family!/@comment-27950421-20161118195647/@comment-28358106-20161121034754

I mouth the question silently, trying to figure out what he's talking about. Then:

"Oh. Yes.  Him."

I sigh, and then cast a time shunt so that the rest of the family is outside our conversation.

"Yes, he is. He is a part of me, and I him.  Unfortunately.  And yes, I made a deal with him.  And let's be clear: I made a deal with him, not the other way around.  He approached me.  We...came to a solution that had eluded us for a long time."