He perched the bat on his shoulder, giving a nod that he understood I needed his help. With one loud yell and a couple swings of the bat, he cleared me another path.

Had I just made a date with a tatted up bat wielding miscreant?

When your demon was yourself, there really was no way to fight or get rid of it.

I was such a messed up person and he was still holding on.

You like? she asked Slade. He gave her a head nod and she vanished behind the curtain.
That's my sister, he said, pointing at the closed curtain.
I shrugged. "I'm glad you guys are so close.

If we became a pal to what scared us the most, we could find a simple way to ease all that bothered us, we would find peace, peace that we could live with.