Our talk can wait.

'Just look at him...' Sam thought, wearing his fake polite smile as he looked the old man in the eyes. 'He probably thinks he has me all figured out...'

Nathaniel Carter was a shrewd man. Even when faced with overwhelming disadvantage, he would go on to work his way back to the top, creating his own faction among the Awakened and starting a war against Sam and Freyja's Children. Unfortunately for him, his plans were halted before he could even make the first move. 

With the power to see the future in his hands, Sam didn't have to worry about such threats. The Needle might not be perfect, and Fate can be a bitch sometimes, but as long as he could get an early alert then he would have a chance at weaving the Path of his choosing.

'The real problem comes from here...'