So there was--or had been--a real person named Cole at one point. But this wasn't him. Ariadne could put it into the context of some of the stories she'd heard growing up. Of people, spirits, monsters, demons inhabiting the bodies of humanoids. That didn't mean that this was the exact same thing, but it was enough to understand.

Of course, she had a million questions almost immediately.

"What he wanted to be? That sounds very, very nice. At least, I think it does... Helping, not hurting. That's good."