"I'm beyond my limits here," she confesses. "I don't recognize it completely, but it's akin to some things I've encountered at home."

And now that she's started that line of conversation, she realizes how rude she's being if this power is indeed a separate entity from Lucas.

"...hello?" she calls towards the bed.

And a deep voice reverberates back in her mind, Hello.

She presses herself against the wall again. "We're using the wrong nouns."