Ashley flickered with hurt surprise at the questions, lowering the bag of the food.

He set it to one side, no longer caring about it.

"Arkady was brilliant," he said, hurt by the accusations and insults about his brother. "He came here to study. He was going to be something great. He was."

Ashley didn't bother turning on any of the lights, walking past the creature and returning to his bedroom, curling up unhappily on the mattress. "He wasn't anything like me."