Logan sat up in his seat, honestly surprised at her reaction. 

[color=ec008c]“So… when do I go in?”[/color] she asked, without even a blink. Logan had freaked out at first, analyzing every possible way he could die. It was a dark week for him, sitting in that stupid hospital bed upstairs in his hospital clothes breathing in hospital air. And here she was, just ready to dive head first in to the Shadow World. Logan chuckled, as Harris looked at him for help explaining the side effects of entering the Shadow World. 

[color=0076a3]“The side effects are more like benefits,”[/color] he said, thinking back to his first time going in. While he hadn’t spent very long in there at all, it had almost seemed like a dream. [color=0076a3]You’ll be able to do pretty awesome things, but your body will drain energy really fast. Since shadow’s aren’t technically physical beings, they don’t use the same sort of energy that our metabolisms create. As a result, our bodies tire much faster than our shadow’s would. It’s like a balancing system, so we aren’t invincible. If you tire out, someone will have to come in for you, and no one likes to be  on the rescue team.”[/color]

He leaned back again in his seat, scratching his head. He’d been rescued several times, which is why they had decided that they should move forward on a buddy system. It wasn’t safe to be in alone, anyway. He shivered as a cold chill rushed over him, looking down at the reflection of the lights in the glass table. He wouldn’t admit to her that he needed a partner. 

[b]“Would you tell Olivia what it’s like in the Shadow World?”[/b] Harris prodded, after the silence had stretched as long as he liked it to. Logan just looked at him, swallowing. He wasn’t scared of the place; it just gave him the heebie-jeebies. 

[color=0076a3]“Um… It looks just like our world, with buildings and everything. There’s trees, grass, landmarks, everything. You’ll see some shadows, going on about their business, but it’s like looking in a mirror. Everything’s a reflection of our world, if that makes sense,”[/color] he said, shrugging. 

[b]“And what happens if we don’t find our shadows within a certain amount of time?”[/b] Harris kept prodding, trying to squeeze information out of the boy like a lemon. Logan looked up at him, giving him a look. 

[color=0076a3]“We die,”[/color] Logan said, bluntly. “And there’s no way to tell how much time we have left. If there’s any signs of the time coming, we don’t know of any. It isn’t like we can ask the dead for help.” And asking the shadows didn’t do any good. They didn’t like to talk to the humans that went in. “There’s your ultimatum,” Logan said with a chuckle, [color=0076a3]“You go in with the judgmental kid, or you sit and wait for your unavoidable death. Good thing you’re going in."[/color]