”Look me in the eyes!” she demanded.
I did. She clapped her hands as she stared back at me and off went all that annoying noise.
”Is it better now?” she asked.
”Yes,” I answered quietly, blinking my eyes slowly to give them a rest.
”Good” she rubbed her hands together as if ridding them of something.
”Going back to what you said earlier, I’d like to make it clear that I have never summoned you! I have never wished for loneliness to be on my side! I’ve always thought that having to put up with loneliness would be a nightmare both in the real world and in the netherworld! I still can’t get my head around the fact that my mother accepted you, willingly! At home we had always been told that man should not be alone and my parents took care of it bringing up a large family within which nobo
