I wonder if both the Hiss and the Dark Presence had a connection somehow. Maybe they're not both related to the Dark Place, but maybe there's a similarity. Or maybe they're just two entities trying to take everything as theirs.

Either way, it sounds terrible, and all too similar to how the Dark Presence tries to dig its way in. [ Alan gives an involuntary shudder at the thought of how the Dark Presence is, and at the images he's seeing in his mind's eye because of Jesse's descriptions of the Hiss. ]

Dylan, your brother? He can do things too? [ But then Alan looks confused at the terms Jesse's using. ] P6 and 7. Prime Candidates. What's that?

[ At the feeling of her rubbing her face into the fabric of his shirt and how she leans into him, he wants to put aside the breakfast he's slowly working on so he can just pull her closer and hold her. He could never grow tired of holding her or being close to her. ]

... Maybe it would be good to talk to more people who know. Not that talking to you isn't enough, but being around others who know what we know... who aren't pretending it doesn't exist or that it doesn't happen to people. Maybe that would be good.

[ He smiles warmly back at her as he pokes the pancakes again with his fork. ]