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Lee kept her eyes on Tarin as he closed his. After a short time Lee saw something out of the corner of her eye suddenly.

Turning, she listened as the spirit and Tarin spoke. Though there really wasn't much to the conversation as very quickly the spirit was heading off to look for this 'lobotomized' spirit.

Lee then turned to look back at Tarin after a few moments. She nodded as Tarin explained they just had to wait. "How long do you think if he does what you asked?" she asked, still holding Tarin's hand as they sat there. "How far is your range?"

"You did…" Lee said, a smile on her face as she shook her head slightly. This was definitely not what they had been planning for when he had an afternoon free, but it was true nonetheless.

Tarin wanted to sit in case he 'went down'. That was probably a very good idea because normally in situations like this with spirits, Lee would have had more than enough energy to be able to lower Tarin to the floor without hurting either of them. That wasn't a guarantee today.

But if they were sitting, she also wasn't going to be doing this with a table between them. So Lee got up, moving her chair around the table until she was beside Tarin, then sat again facing him.

And Tarin wanted her to act accordingly if he went down. He was assuming that if he passed out, he would wake up merged. Though honestly, Lee thought, that wasn't that far-fetched a possibility. "I know what to watch for," Lee told him with a nod, the earlier smile gone. "And I'll do what I need to."

He didn't think that the spirit would pull his energy from him, because he'd never had that happen. Lee, however, had. "Just…If it happens and you can't immediately break the link, tell me?" Lee asked as she reached her hand out for Tarin's. "Because the spirit can't take energy that isn't there."

Taking a deep breath, Lee gave Tarin a little smile then leaned in to give him a kiss. "I'm as ready as I can be. So whenever you want to start."

Tarin already had a plan. To be honest, that did not surprise Lee at all. He had probably been thinking about what he planned to do, and debating with himself if he really wanted to do it, since he had heard what happened to that spirit.

When Tarin continued, Lee couldn't help the slight smile in response to Tarin's. "For someone who claims to not know what he's doing, you sure know how to bring the romance into everything," she teased.

Then Lee turned more serious again. "Did you want to do this sitting or standing?" she asked. "And tell me if it starts pulling your energy. I might not feel that."

She asked what Tarin had wanted her help with, but he hesitated slightly. Was it that bad? Did she think she'd be upset? Was he found to change his mind and not tell her like when things got too emotional or overwhelming for him?

No, it wasn't any of that because a moment later Tarin was speaking, telling her what he was wanting, planning to do. Well, it was bad, but not that bad.

Lee wasn't particularly happy with the idea. She knew that most spirits were not as good spirited and cooperative as the woman at the top of the Empire State building was. And Lee knew that there were spirits who were certainly difficult. And dangerous.

Tarin had told her on numerous occasions that he had tight control over his powers and that the spirits he actually interacted with tended to do what he wanted them to. He had really only had the trouble he had on Hart Island because of the sheer number of spirits.

But this was also a situation that neither of them had ever heard about before, never mind had any experience with. Like Tarin said, there was no way to know what to expect.

Tarin was also right in that more information was better. They couldn't even attempt to avoid what this Egyptian mystic was trying to do if they had no idea what it was.

"You're right," Lee said with a slight nod. "Do you know how you want to do this?"

It had been a perfectly normal day. They'd woken up, Lee had had her coffee. She and Tarin had gone for their run while Kevin was still sleeping (he was claiming to still be on Texas time, Lee suspected he was playing video games too late).

Then after Tarin had left for work, Lee had convinced Kevin to venture out of his room by taking him to the gym. Which had gone quite well. And they were on their way home for a well deserved late lunch when Lee got a text from Tarin.



Lee frowned as she read that. She knew what some of the jobs Michael took on were. She'd helped plan everything for Romania and knew what jobs Michael had been hired for. Any favours she could think that Michael would need were not the kind of favour Lee imagined Tarin would be willing to give.



Lee had planned on having lunch with Kevin, but that one text, the comment about Michael needing a favour, had changed that instantly. After getting Kevin situated with lunch and going over the rules again for while she was gone, Lee left to head to the shop.

It didn't take Lee too long to get to the shop, but as she approached she saw that the sign said closed. That definitely did not help the worry she was already feeling.

Pulling on the door, lightly at first in case it was locked so she didn't make a fool of herself, Lee opened the door and stepped inside.

To see Tarin sitting at the table. Lee just stood there looking at him for a moment as the door closed behind her. Three beers on the table, though the one in front of Tarin wasn't open.

Nodding once, Lee turned to lock the door. "How bad is it?" Lee asked as she walked to the table and sat across from Tarin.

"That's possible," Lee agreed. "But you're right, it does sit differently when someone understands, really somehow understands, something that you've never been able to properly describe before."

Lee couldn't help but laugh as Will pointed out how he had an advantage in avoiding trouble. "Touche," Lee said. That would definitely help in a lot of cases, wouldn't it?

Lee nodded when Will said he had been hoping for an easy fix. "It would be nice if something was easy, wouldn't it?" Lee asked. "There isn't even a single answer, beyond simply learning and practicing. But it's different for every single person how to do that."

"And sometimes what is right in front of your face is not obvious," Lee pointed out.