I wake up slowly. Well, I didn't have bad dreams. I didn't have any dreams. I rub my eyes. Yet, I still keep them close. Something feels wrong. I don't know what it is, but it's something. I feel the sun's power ripping through my holes. I wince. Perhaps it is the sun. I feel a shadow get in front of me. I open my eyes.

"Morning." I say.

He pulls my hair back.

"We need to talk." Lan Zhan says.

"About.?" I grab a bottle of a water. 

"The poison." He says.

I jump and look at him in surprise. I cough up water and blood. He wipes my mouth. His eyes were darted at me. My thoughts were racing. How does he know? I hear Lin Yo flutter over.  I glare at Lin Yo.

"Sorry, he... he broke me." She says.

I flick my hand. She goes flying.

"Ow! I probably deserved that." She says.

"Wei Ying, don't be mad." He says.

"I told her not to tell you." I cough.

"Why?" He asks.

I grip my eyes.

"Because I don't want you to see me this pathetic!" I yell.

I grab a bottle and I chug it.

"Pathetic?" He looks at me.

"Look at me! I'm no less a demon than a man! I was worse than a man!" I yell.

"See?" Lin Yo gestures.

"Wei Ying." He grabs the bottle.

"What?" I ask.

"You're not pathetic to me." He says.

"Or me." Lin Yo smiles.

"Or us!" I hear them call.