Feel them?  He shuddered when she mentioned it, his face turning away from her.  "I can't," Brian said softly.  "The thought of them using you like that...is just beyond natural.  It's just...no.  It shouldn't be.  I'm not going to let this happen."  Brian thought he'd be able to just make it not happen, that he could change things.  "I'll kill him.  Kill them.  I don't know how, but I will.  I'm not going to let this happen to you, Liz."  He'd said it aloud.  His intentions.  He was going to do something, anything, if he could.<br/><br/>His eyes finally returned to hers, and she'd be able to see the tears held within his eyes.  "I'm so sorry Liz," he said roughly.  "Sorry that I've been stupid.  Sorry that this happened because of me.  But I'll fix it.  I'll fix it somehow."