“That doesn’t sound pleasant,” I said.
“It isn’t very, but it might be the only way we survive to get out of the city, so just relax. Close your eyes and center yourself. Try not to tense up.”
That was easier said than done. I closed my eyes and took a few slow breaths, sinking my conscious thought into my center. I was about to open my eyes and look to see if she was still there when I felt… well, I’m not sure what I felt. It was like a tickle, only not in a physical way. Katyk cupped the back of my head with one hand and the tickle wiggled into me, almost like a finger pushing into Jell-O. Or something. I don’t know, I suck at metaphors.
The wiggle grew in pressure, then thickness until I thought she was drilling into my skull with a tree branch. My body clenched tight, fighting the i
