[stoichornet]

"A certain way?" Simon asks, finally unearthing his pack and putting it on. "Well, I do feel...attached to him, even though he could turn me to stone. I feel like I have to stay with him, and I don't think it's all just friendship or fear of being enslaved. It worries me a bit, honestly. He's kind, but I hardly know him." The bite near his collarbone still ached with a faint longing of some kind. "Is it the same between you and Len?"