When I left the hall, I thought I wouldn't find Elder Lee again, given how long he had been gone.

However, as I walked down the hallway, not expecting to see him, I spotted him leaning against a wall, absorbed in looking at his hands, so engrossed that he didn’t notice my presence until I called out to him.

“Elder Lee... what are you doing here?”

He crossed his arms, paling, and sighed. Then he looked through me, down the hallway, his expression apprehensive; I had ...