Boys Don't Cry - The Cure

Oleander chuffed a half-hearted laugh at her comment then looked at her pitifully as she pointed out her own self-worth.

"You're only figuring this out now?" He asked with a shake of his head, no he wasn't good at this whole slave master business. He wasn't raised like that. He rubbed the top of his nose for a moment then froze. She was staring off his shoulder and he glanced back, seeing nothing there. Her usually dark nose went ashen gray and her ears paled. Then her voice went all hushed as she spoke about the apparition beside him.

She shrank back and he slowly reached out with a soft tone, "I promise you, I don't see him. He's not actually there. You're safe." He waved his arm over the space beside him without turning to it, not acknowledging the apparition.

If she was seeing things, she was probably not sick and would have an interesting if fearful few hours ahead of her. He would not have prescribed her mushrooms with her history, it was just going to open up a terrible can of worms.

He pushed himself up and reached out to the tea in the corner, he took a swig of it quickly before she might have worse hallucinations before he was ready to help her tackle them.

"Okay Vesper, stay with me. Things are probably going to get very strange for you. I promise you're going to be okay. You just tell me what you think's going on and I can help keep you grounded. If things get scary just take some deep breaths with me. I promise you, you are safe." Safe with the stupid boy who slapped her. She forgave you dumbface! Maybe, maybe it was just a show.

"Speech"