of course the opposite can happen , but that for the time being is of no importance as ned , overcoming his fear , be it because of the beer in his system or the fact that after spending around three hours with a girl with no shadow whom he still thought gave off an aura of being fragile and kind , and whom at least in the beginning did not want ned 's company and who ned ( no doubt brought on after the sex ) felt had a growing sense of kinship with .