You know Mr. Caliburn, you have my sympathies, you truly do. I would go bat shit crazy in your situation. And I can understand being powerless around dangerous things that have such... advantages. I suppose the only 'advantage' I have over you is that I have no one close to me.

Okay, so its not going to kill Hannah. She's still a potential target for mind games though. And unless its recent behavior has been an elaborate feint, she would seem to be the key to eventual victory... hopefully for your side.

In the last year, has anyone new entered your life? Possibly online. Has someone re-entered the picture, someone you would trust but might be able to disguise themselves from Miss Solstice and Hannah somehow?

You know, about the sister thing. I actually started typing out Sarah (that's the woman's name, from the compound, right?) when I realized you'd specifically said sister. So I just went back and used what was in the thread as I realized I really didn't have any idea who she really was. Anyway, it's good to see someone as paranoid as me, using codes.

It's an interesting riddle, Mr. Caliburn. If I think of anything else, I'll be sure to share it with you.

Huh. So I was wondering.

What happens to Hannah if he gets taken down for good? Anything?

A nightmare indeed.

Perhaps the answer is to ship Hannah off to a Tibeten monastary so that she may learn the discipline required to contain it.

I see no other way to defeat the nightmare. Only the symptons.

Hannah wrote:Hi Nemesis

I'd go in a heartbeat if I thought it'd work.

Hannah

PS: He's a clever one though - I wouldn't be half surprised if he arranged for that thing in the toilet so I'd have to let him go.

If it's any consolation, I'm not actually suggesting you go to Tibet. This is just a curious puzzle. I prefer problems where shooting it is one of the possible solutions.

Kinda reminds me of that movie... I think it was Fallen. The guy takes the demon Azrael out to the wilderness and commits suicide while possessed. But the demon gets away by possessing a cat. When I realized that the demon had been narrating the whole thing through with the protangonists voice and told us so at the start of the movie, I just felt so damn dirty.

P.S.

I'm not suggesting you try anything like that!

The mental discipline of a tibetan monk.....there are worse ideas.

If you cannot send the child to the master (although I cannot think of a safer place) then why not see if you can send the teacher to the child?

I'm so sorry, Ron... I didn't mean for things to turn out this way.

Yeah, but...

Listen. I'll do what I can for you and Hannah. I owe you guys that much.

Hannah, contact me, okay? I need to know what's going on, completely, so I can understand better how to help you understand yourself.