His fingers bunched gently into the fabric of her shirt, his breathing slowing, and his eyes closed. He didn't know what to call it, that peculiar exorcism of terror that she performed just by existing and being near.

Of course the ghosts returned to haunt their grounds eventually, but it just made the brief respites that much nicer.

"...Taking all due caution has become more important than ever before." This careful, so careful. The fact that Vulcanus could ID imports was suddenly weighing on his mind.