Hearing Kath's response brought Christine's smile back. "Oh, I'm so glad to hear that, Sis! I was afraid that you--that you had been absorbed by the demon like Clara said!"

Here she finally spoke of Clara's name. As much as she didn't want to think of it, it was the truth that she had tried to hunt down her sister. And it was truth as well that she had made an enemy out of her because of it.

At the mention of her parents, she froze. She had not thought about them in the slightest through these last few days.

"I...I haven't contacted them," Christine said, looking away from her once more. "I... had forgotten about them entirely, actually..." she said sheepishly. "Should I... call them now?"