[Shenandoah]

Mike thought about it, settling onto the bed next to her. "I remember pain," he said slowly. He shook his head and backpedaled slightly. "I was working at my office, running diagnostics as per usual and you two came up. Mazin touched me and that was when the pain came."

He paused in his thoughts once more as more memory came to him. "After that it's a blur, but I think I saw something for an instant. It looked like a face, but it wasn't one I recognized. It was static-y looking, like a badly tuned in television. I don't remember any of the details, but..." He shuddered slightly. "Something tells me that whatever it was wasn't something I designed."