This was Derry and it winter in Maine is no joke. I wandered around the town I had called home for so long looking for answers. I walked by my church ...irst. I prayed for the first time in a long time. I asked for any help. Anything.I walked downtown and looked at the buildings where all those memories had been made. I walked through the parks that acted as a bridge over the Kenduskeag stream. I kept walking and found my way to that bridge in town. The one I avoided.There it was. This was the. “I’m using a bit of magic to keep you alive. That was my mistake, I drank too much of your blood, and combined with your other injuries – well, you were starting to lose consciousness. So I intervened. Humans such as you have strong wills, but your bodies are weak. It is so easy for you to bleed to death, to slip away and never wake up. So long as you fight to live, I’ll keep you alive.”Hiryu shuddered, feeling contaminated, despite feeling much better. Demon magic, inside him.“The appropriate. I thanked him very much &shook his hand in an unusually manly way! He waved me off & I drove awaywith a mixture of astonishment & extreme excitement at the prospect ofdressing as Sarah in such a beautiful womens clothing. I found myselfgetting so hard as I drove home that I decided I could go no further. Oncomplete impulse I stopped off at a travel lodge only 10 miles or so fromAlex's home. I booked myself in for the night & casually carried in mynewly acquired bags & boxes as well as my own. "Have you had dinner yet?" "No," I replied, sheepishly. "I just ordered some pizza. Do you want to stay for dinner?" I wanted to say yes, but I didn't know what to do. He was my professor, not a friend. "I don't really think that'd be appropriate, Dr. Weiss." "It's okay, Lacey. I don't bite." He laughed again, louder this time. A smirk crawled on his lips, deviously. "Unless you want me to." I blushed bright red, and as if on cue, the delivery man came with a large box of pizza. "A minute late,.