BODIEThe meeting adjourns before I know it.

My mind is pulled back to the present when Dyer gives me a not-so-friendly kick under the table.

Luckily, no one else noticed how tuned out I was besides him.

He fixes a later time to meet again like this and everybody starts to leave.

The room is emptied, save for myself and Dyer.

I stay back because I know he has some things to say about my absent-mindedness.

“If you keep getting zoned out like this in meetings then I’m afraid you would be ...