"So can I," I say, shivering a bit at her light touch. It's something I haven't felt in a long time and it's a very foreign feeling. Usually I'm dealing with no touch at all or very violent touch. Not a lot of middle ground.

"But I think you have the danger under control. You're not an animal. Not wild. You're controlled."

Unlike me. Most days I feel more animal than human, a monster walking around in a man's face. At least before this I looked the part of a monster.