<strong>Grayson Park</strong><br/><br/>"...It's not working."  He sounded gently disappointed, concerned for her.  "Your will must be too strong.  I was hoping to just let you forget, you're too kind to deserve..."  With a sigh, he let his words trail off.  "It won't make any sense if I try to simply explain about the thirteen, the shadows and the dreams unless I just show you.  Don't be afraid; it'll stop hurting very soon."<br/><br/>Although it was too dark to see exactly what was happening, his body seemed to writhe.  The shadows themselves whirled and circled around the strange creature, darkening his form ever further.  A low, growling hum emanated from the shivering form as it seemed to grow, visible only in the way that it's pitch black kept even the dark woods from their gentle moonlight.  The ebon shape seemed to grow well past the size of its human appearance as the rippling darkness attempted to display something resembling a true form.<br/>