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Ray&039;s sleep is deep and profound, as I expect I have brought him back to the house, and laid him in front of a fire I built, and wiped away his blood Not long after his transfusion, while still lying crumpled on the driveway, his breath had accelerated rapidly, and then ceased altogether But it had not scared me, because the same had happened to ain, it was strong and steady

His wounds vanished as if bymy blood, very tired

I anticipate that Ray will sleep away ht, and that Yaksha will keep his word and not return until dawn I leave the house and drive in my Ferrari to Seymour&039;s place It is not that late--ten o&039;clock I do not want to ht suspect I have coo around the back and see Sey on his coive hihted to see me He opens theand I climb inside Contrary to popular opinion, I could have cli invited

"It is so cool you are here," he says "I have been writing about you all day"

I sit on his bed; he stays at his desk His roos--telescopes and such--but the walls are coated with the posters of classic horror filo to the lance at his computer screen, but he has returned to the word processor menu

"Yes Well, no, not really But you inspired the story It coe who&039;s a valasses on his nose "What?"

"I said, I alances at the mirror above his chest of drawers "I can see your reflection"

"So what? I am what I say I am Do you want ht, you don&039;t have to" He takes a deep breath "Wow, I knew you were an interesting girl, but I never guessed" He stops himself "But I suppose that&039;s not true, is it? I have been writing about you all along, haven&039;t I?"

"Yes"

"But how is that possible? Can you explain that to me?"

"No It&039;s one of those mysteries You run into theh"

"How old are you?"

"Five thousand years"

Seymour holds up his hand "Wait, wait Let&039;s slon here I don&039;t want to be a pest about this, and I sure don&039;t want you to drink my blood, but before we proceed any further, I wouldn&039;t mind if you showed me some of your powers It would help with my research, you understand"

I smile "You really don&039;t believe me, do you? That&039;s OK I don&039;t know if I want you to, not now But I do want your advice" I lose s now An old ene life I am vulnerable to attack You are the smart boy with the prophetic dreams Tell me what to do"

"I have prophetic dreams?"

"Yes Trust me or I wouldn&039;t be here"

"What does this old enemy want? To kill you?"

"To kill both of us But he doesn&039;t want to die until I a,"

"Been around for a while, I guess" Sey at the same time as you?"

"I&039;ht even appeal to him"

"Then that&039;s the answer to your problem Place hioners But arrange it ahead of time so that when you do push the button--or whatever you do--that only he is destroyed and not you"

"That&039;s an interesting idea"

"Thank you I was thinking of using it in my story"

"But there are problems with it This enemy is extreoing to die with hi to die And I don&039;t want to die"

"Thereto do in your story?"

"I haven&039;t worked out that little detail yet"