_{[ angie's voice has been falling flatter and flatter through this conversation.]} You are falling for an illusion of what you find familiar, you wraith. A routine, practiced until it sits by rote. I have no heart. I am merely adapt at facsimile.

Allow me to give a hands-on example.

<sub>[ do you still feel afraid, splash?

you feel more. you feel more and more and more afraid. ]</sub>