After the kiss, which he leaned into, he said, "You've got a lot on your plate.  I'm not worried about my parents."  He snorted.  "The advantages of being an orphan."  Take away everything that might be considered important to a person - take away their family, take away all sense of community, keep them alone and isolated - they could keep a calm head because they only ever learned to think about themselves.<br/><br/>"The suckerface's contact of you in dreams means that if we can keep you awake for a long time, he can't contact us.  It does no good to threaten someone if they can't listen.  If we need more time...."  He went and started going through boxes until he found what he wanted.  It was a small plastic bottle with a label that read, in part,<i>dextroamphetamine</i>.  He tossed it to her.  "That'll help you stay away probably three days if you swallow enough of them.  You'll feel weird, but you won't sleep."<br/><br/>The Old World had solutions for almost all problems, except themselves.  Something to stay away, something to go to sleep, something to keep you regular - whatever that meant, but it sounded ominous to Geraint.  Still, they had it.  Something to keep people<i>regular</i>.<br/><br/>He followed her outside, of course.  As they got to the magically wood, he started feeling something itching on the back of his neck.  Not danger, but the possibility of it.  Sometimes, magical mazes were created for a reason - to keep people out, or to keep them in.  He wondered which kind this was, and how it would feel about him.<br/><br/>Inside the house, he put down his pack.  He felt a chill move through him.  He said, "We should be wary just the same."  He almost said that he thought there was something - maybe someone - there with them, but it could be paranoia on his part.