"Yes--Horng. At the end, the second time I went in, I could feel him,
not only fighting me, but ... hating me." He looked up at her. "Can you
imagine actually feeling him, right next to you in your mind like you
were one person, hating you?"
Across from them, the huge figure of the alien slowly stood up and
looked at them for several long seconds, then turned and left the
building.