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powerful tool for magic, because it is where the realm of intent and will come from, along with the solar plexus." He pointed to just below my chest. "But because you are more than human, because you exist in all planes and can walk the worlds, it took a physical break for her to initiate more control. I would suggest studying the cabbala to understand the power centers of your body."  
    "Now now," I said I held up my hand. "You're saying…or are you suggesting…that Inanna knew my use of the Creation Eidolon, that's a part of me, would do this?"  
    "Only if you allowed it."  
    "Zoë," Daniel interrupted. "Whose idea was it for you to physically use your heart?"  
    "Well it was mine. When Dags stomped on it, I wanted to get rid of it. I really wanted to pull it out of my body and burn it. So, Inanna…" the memory of that conversation came back to me. It was after I disappeared from the Society House, after Dags…
    I'd gone to my mom's shop…or what was left of it. They were still rebuilding it at the time. The Society had started clearing the rubble, but not after going over it with their team of white suited men. Inanna had stepped out, OOB'd into a form she liked to use. Eshe. Her first host. A queen.  
    We watched them work, watched the men go back and forth with their equipment and I'd told her I wanted to die.  
    "I'm afraid you can't, Zoë. I can't allow it."  
    "Then just…just take what you want. I just want to sleep."  
    "Is it guilt? Do you feel guilty?"
    "I want to get rid of this," I'd put my hand to my chest and looked at her. "I don't want a heart, Inanna. It…" the crying started again and I couldn't stop it. "…it just hurts. I love him…" I'd put my hands over my face. "And he thinks I'm a monster."  
    "Then fix the problem."  
    After succumbing to a much needed fit of tears I'd asked her how to fix it.  
    "Use your power, the one in the Creation Eidolon, and make that bastard a new arm."  
    I remembered the feeling of shock and awe. I'd sniffed and wiped my face on my sleeve. "I…I can do that?"  
    "With a physical piece of yourself, you can."  
    I came back to the present and looked at Daniel, where we stood in the little mind theater. "It was her idea, to use the Eidolon, but it was my idea to use my heart. She…she told me it would ease my pain."  
    Geist tilted his head to the side. "Did it?"
    "No. I still hurt, but it's from a distance. I feel like I'm constantly running from it, dodging it, hiding, avoiding it, but that pain follows me no matter where I go. Unless I sleep. So…"
    Daniel shifted beside me. "So you slept, while she took control."  
    "Yeah. TC woke me up."  
    "He woke you because he was afraid this would happen. He had hoped to tell you about his sister before she gained control."  
    I looked around the dark. "I guess we're too late?"
    "Not necessarily. I have found it is quite possible to manipulate and tweak the events of the outside world, from the inside. We just have to find the tools."  
    "Guys," Daniel spoke up. "Can you let me in on a few things? Like…why would Inanna do this? She never tried to take control of me."  
    "She did." Geist turned to face Daniel. "Your   heart was already broken when you invited her in. The Horror broke it. And it broke part of your mind. She did not usurp control over you because it was not necessary. You had the same goal." He looked at me. "But you and Inanna are on opposite sides. She knew taking control would be the only way to achieve her goal."  
    I thinned my lips. "I'm assuming this is where we get to the next important part of what you need to tell us?"
    "Yes. This is the 'what's going on' part of the questions. To explain everything would take several months, but I can boil it all down to the most eminent or pressing issue."  
    When Geist didn't continue, Daniel and I glanced at each other. Daniel leaned forward. "Yeah?"
    Geist looked at him. "Inanna's present goal is to right a wrong, a wrong she believes