'Ah, Corvinus.' Eutacticus was beaming. Bad sign; bad, bad sign. 'Glad you could make it. Sit down, boy. You had a good summer?'Oh, shit; small talk. With Eutacticus you never, ever got small talk. Forget bad; in terms of signs we were into fully-fledged omen territory here.'It was interesting, yeah, ' I said. 'We were away most of the time. We've just got back, in fact.''Excellent So you won't have unpacked yet?''Ah...no, as it happens. We're planning...