<span style="color: #ff00ff">"If you had seen what my grandmother had done to me trying to 'teach' me about my powers... I was at the mercy of them too."</span>She shrugged at Anna and rested her head on the table.<span style="color: #ff00ff"> "I will. I have for four years already and I will continue to do so. I'll take your word for it."</span><br/><br/>"You need someone you can count on to not hurt you, someone to give you that touch you crave. I see no reason to think she can't be that person. I'm not telling you to... Get intimate, but not threatening her when she shows up might go far." He smiled a little and shook his head. "You're the monster I grew up being told to fear. If I misbehaved you would come for me. If I made the wrong prediction and someone got hurt... Fear of your wrath made me extremely careful about the work I do. I don't see you as a monster anymore, but you still scare me."<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>