"I shouldn't be anywhere. And yet, I often am." He can sense the frisson of terror that passes between spirit and child, ever attuned to vulnerability as he is, and with that he feels much more in control of the situation than he did when he was first assigned a mask. It doesn't occur to him to wonder why they fear him; fears are instinctual and justified, in dreams, without any need of evidence or logic.

But first things first. "Tell me your name."