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But this time…I've been aware for a while." He searched my face with those incredulously blue eyes. "What were you doing to Dags in Savannah?"
    Oh.
    What…
    Huh? I turned my head to the left but kept my gaze focused on his eyes. "What are you talking about. I haven't seen Dags since he—"
    I couldn't say it. Not even to Daniel.  
    "No, no, don't." He let go of me and put his hands on his face, then pulled them down. "I know what happened. And I'm sorry. I could feel your heart breaking, Zoë. And I'm sorry. I felt so bad and I was so…I'm still so damn angry at him. I could kill him."  
    "It's not his fault, you know. Apparently there's a failsafe and when Gabriel screwed around with the Grimoire , it shut down."  
    "It didn't just shut down," Daniel said. "And its name is the Grand Grimoire ."  
    Oh. Really? "It has a name?" This was one hell of a day to rejoin the living. I was learning all kinds of shit that didn't make sense.  
    "Yeah. Just…it's something I learned from Inanna. She's been really good about keeping me out of her personal life, but sometimes," he shrugged. "I get through. She wrote it."  
    "Yeah I know."
    "You know it's not whole, right? That it's still missing pieces?"
    "I think I knew that. Or, it seems like I knew that. It sucked up that book I found as if it belonged to it."
    "There are still three pieces missing. And she's really… really after them. She said the Tetragrammaton can't be used until the book is complete."  
    Oh wait, I knew that word. "The Tetra—I thought that was the name of God. Or one of them."  
    "It is. Which is the name of creation and destruction. Look, it's seriously over-complicated and I've had to ask Geist a lot of questions."  
    "Geist? You've talked to Geist?" I grabbed his shirt collar. "I want to see Geist!"  
    I felt a pressure to my left and the presence of familiarity against my skin. Geist stood in his own small light. He still looked like Barry Stephens. He bowed at his waist. "It is good to see you, Wraith."  
    "It's good to see you too, Geist." I wanted to hug him, but I got the idea that wasn't really what he wanted. "Geist…what the hell is going on? Why are we in here? Why is Daniel here?" I glanced at him. "I mean, why is he solidly here? Shouldn't he be more like a memory?"  
    The universe's ultimate program opened his mouth, then closed it, then opened it again. "I must process each question in its turn, but I feel I must rearrange their answers in an order that is better suited to the situation at present."  
    I got it. I was shocked that I did, but I got it. And I waited as he did this. Daniel put a hand against my back. It was nice. I didn't want him to move it.  
    Finally Geist looked ready. He turned to me. "The most pressing answer will be the first one. 'Why are we here' is that the First Born inhabiting your body and soul at the moment has taken ninety two percent control and locked your essence, or rather ninety two percent of it, into this small box in your mind. This place exists in the astral area that you and the First Born share as a part of your joining."  
    I uh… I looked over at Daniel. He narrowed his eyes. "Ninety two percent?"  
    "Yes. A First Born cannot over take a host at one hundred percent. To do so would destroy the housing soul, and to do that would mean the separation of the two, thus culminating in the end of both First Born and the human soul returning to the Well."  
    Okay I was still about twenty steps behind. But I was running to keep up. Mentally. "What eight percent is still connected?"  
    Geist pointed to my chest. "Your heart. That is the anchor point for all bonds with the First Borns. Your heart is damaged. This has allowed the First Born to gain more control."  
    "I…because my heart's broken, not just metaphorically but physically, she's been able to take more control than she usually would?"
    "Yes. A heart does not need to be physically broken for this to occur. Astrally, the heart is a