Kasumi listens to the lizard man's story with a mixture of horror and dread.<em>I'm not immortal either.</em>She thinks.<em>How long has this creature been here, and will I be here until I die of old age?</em><br/><br/>She manages not to shrink from his touch as his clawed hand rests lightly on her back, and as he finishes speaking, she murmurs, "I'm sorry.  It sounds very lonely."