Confidences
She ran into Zee and he looked at her, surprised. "Are you ok?" asked Zee. "You look really terrible."
Shiori looked at Zee, surprised at his concern. "I've just been having some bad dreams…" Shiori said.
"You want to talk about it?" Zee asked, "You can come back to my place and have some tea or something and we can talk.
Shiori smiled into his eyes and said, "Sure."
It turned out that Zee didn't live far away, so eventually they reached his house and he prepared her a cup of tea. "So tell me all about it," Zee said.
Shiori started talking about the dreams, starting haltingly but eventually the words started to tumble out of her until the entire story was told. The entire time Zee stared at her with eyes seeming to look right into her.
Finally she finished and sobs wracked her small body at the horrible memories she was sharing.
Zee stood up and looked down at her.
Suddenly his eyes started to glow.
"I find that your pain is better in the real world than in dreams," he said, his voice taking a note she'd never heard before. "And now I have you at my mercy."
Shiori stumbled out of her chair and fell, staring at Zee in disbelief. "But those were dreams," she said in panic. "They weren't real, how could you do something like that?"
"I am a psychic; we are able to manipulate particular things. I can manipulate dreams. And I have to say, that your dreams are delicious. I enjoyed them very much."
Shiori struggled to her feet and tried to run away, but Zee grabbed her by the arm. "I don't think you're going anywhere little girl," he said. "Especially since I think I'll enjoy playing with you in real life a great amount more than in your dreams."
He grabbed her and restrained her with little effort. Reaching into a pocket he brought out some handcuffs and cuffed her arms behind her. He then carried her, protesting, into his basement.
Shiori recognized the basement as the setting from her dreams and struggled more, trying to escape, but she was unable to free herself from his grasp.
He took her to the table and tied her in place. He then grabbed a knife and carefully slit the clothes off of her body.
He hummed as he worked, an eerie tune that made his actions seem more surreal.
