Three minutes, to Byron, was just the time for two cups of tea.

For Andrius, it was a long time.

Almost out of habit, he glanced down at his watch, then forcibly pulled his attention back from his thoughts.

"Byron, I—"

"Hold on!"

Before Andrius could speak, Byron immediately made a stop gesture.

He found that Andrius' time planning was accurate to the second.

He said three minutes, and Andrius held on for exactly three minutes, not one second less.

This obsessive compulsiveness must be e