"Exactly. See it once, it might be a trick. Multiple times and eventually you have to start to take it seriously. She never knew about the days where I nearly died so..." So it's good she won't have to worry about those again.

"I guess growing up in it is different, huh? What was it like?"

He knows his side of things, but he's curious. What if his friends have kids and they're raised around him, after all. They may learn about him and what that could mean.

His expression tightens as she explain what she and her cousin went through, not even able to imagine that. Yet here she is and she's been through that. "I can't even imagine how rough things were for you both. Dealing with it in your adult years is rough but just being practically a kid and having demons stalking you? That had to be awful. I'm so sorry."

And he is, genuinely sorry for them and all they endured. She's had an amazing life but a rough one as well he's realizing.

His smile softens at her words. "I don't know. The witch I know is still pretty cool," he admits, as sincere as he's ever been.

Though the smile kind of fades then. "You should get some sleep though. Do you think there's something I can do to help? Is it the inability to feel safe enough to sleep?" Because he has some ideas of how he could help with that.

He snorts, rolling his eyes. "No, that would be you. I'm here with a stranger? Everyone wants to know about you now. I'm sure someone will ask me at work tomorrow and they weren't even here."

But they would have heard.