Brandi wondered if Lily had always been sporting such prominent chest-puppies, and Duncan (who had stared at her chest more than a few times and knew ...for a fact she hadn’t) tried to work out what had caused the girl’s sudden increase in cup-size. The three of them, lost in their own thoughts, walked ever-closer to the counsellor’s office, where (behind a locked door) the demon was laying on his desk and sleeping for the first time since taking human form.The closer they got to the source of the. She rigged it with a keylogger to keep on eye on his online activity, but he kept out of trouble. Claire busied herself with the biological data she had gathered on him. She checked in on him occasionally and exchanged light pleasantries, good morning, how are you doing, good bye, see you tomorrow, that sort of thing. She avoided the topic of her little feeding stunt and he didn't bring it up either.That lasted a little over a week. Claire noticed Gruthsorik was back to laying in the bunk all. Listening to Molly having a happy time, even with someone else, acted like a weird consolation prize of sorts. It was kind of cute. I hated to say it, but it was clear that my crush on her had not died down at all. Not that I was ever going to do anything about that.Maybe it was because I was thinking about how much she meant to me when she said it, but the next thing she said made me snap. It made me think. It made me reconsider a lot of choices, and it made me act. It changed my life.“A…. " I am not afraid," Brian said in a scared, quivering voice."Well, if you're not afraid, then why are your knees shaking? And your chin is quivering too. That seems pretty afraid to me." Well all right then, so I am a little bit scared." He paused a moment, then asked, "How come I seem to hear you in my head? Where are you? Are you scared, too?" Well now, since you admit you're scared I'll answer your first question. The reason you hear me inside your head is because where I'm talking to you is.