[quote=@Mistress Dizzy] Kassy listened to the entire explanation, seriousness in her eyes. She saw him shift, recognizing the posture of shame, as subtle as it was. She'd worn that sort of look a thousand times in her life. When he stopped, the look in his eyes like he was bracing for attack, Kassy couldn't contain herself. "But you're not empty! I can promise you that." There was a determined sort of pout on her face. "My mother was a medium- she could slip between this world and the Eternal Sea. She spoke to people in that Sea, and gave relief to those they left behind. So... when you say you died, all that was you... was not lost." Realizing she was probably being too excited, she inhaled nervously and took a long drink of water. "I understand having people fear your power, a power you never chose. And that moment when you work up the courage to tell the truth... Seeing that look, that look of someone who thinks that suddenly you're holding a knife to their throat, when you're the one getting stabbed." Shaking her head, she looked him right in the eyes. "I will tell you something true. I am not afraid of you, Tyler. Not even a bit." [/quote] Tyler was frozen, for the first time since he had died, someone actually cared enough to look into the darkness and see him. His eyes softened more than they ever had since his rebirth as she spoke, "[color=39b54a]Thank you Kassy...I can't tell you what this means to me...[/color]" His cold fingers suddenly felt tingles and a burning sensation shot up his arms. He looked down at himself and then shot up out of his chair, "[color=39b54a]H what is happening to me![/color]" The voice he heard in his head constantly, whispered through him and filled the air around him seeming to have been voiced by a ghost, "[color=f7941d]You figured it out my boy...The secret of my power is empathy...[/color]" Tyler's skin started to regain its color and Tyler doubled over as his heart started beating again, "[color=f7941d]All Hallows eve...a time when people gathered together in their homes to stave off the terror of the darkness together...this is my true power Tyler Wentz.[/color]" Tyler gritted his teeth together as his body came back to life, but his only thought was to not cry out in pain to keep from scaring Kassy.