On the one hand, there were the murders, the living Ripper in the here and now of London, 2054. Geraint thought this affected only the three of them, so he kept his explanations short, deliberately eliminating any details of the brutal, gory scenes he and Francesca had witnessed. When he got to the fourth name, though, Rani’s expression changed. Before, she’d been simply attentive. At the mention of Catherine Eddowes, she grew upset and then angry.