It breaks Emily's heart, having to watch her friend go through all this, but she'd already decided what she had to do-- Step 2. Rip the Bandaid Off Quickly.<br/><br/>"When they take us, the Gentry don't like to leave any loose ends. They're creatures of Bargains, as well, so for everyone that they take... they also leave someone behind," Emily says, frowning softly. "They're makeshift people, shallow life breathed into them with Magic, made of whatever is found nearby. Old Burlap Sacks, some socks, and a mop,-- A bundle of leaves, a rake, the head of a squirrel and drop of your blood-- all kinds of things. Always, though, with a little dab of your Shadow."<br/><br/>"We call them Fetches, and while they aren't perfect, nobody ever notices the difference."<br/><br/>"Not even family members. There's been one, that looks exactly like you, living your life for you while you've been away. It's gone to school, kissed a boy, fought with your Mom, driven your little brother to the comic store. Everything that you didn't get to do, it was here doing for you,-- if's probably enrolled in college now, with a nice education, getting ready for a life that should have been yours..."<br/><br/>Emily pauses a bit, knowing that this is hard to take in,-- that its PAINFUL,- but also hoping that now Glow understands the delicacy of what she's asking and how important it is to be careful. That she shouldn't just rush into all of this and out herself to her family, that it was important to<em>wait</em>and<em>prepare</em>and<em>not act rashly</em>. In her heart of hearts, though, she doubts that will be the reaction that she gets. It's not how she reacted, its not how<strong>anyone</strong>reacts when they learn that their friends and loved ones had never looked for them at all. That they'd not even realized they had ever been gone.