A foreign noise in the pitch-black pod roused Chris. For a brief minute he had forgotten were he was. When it dawned on him he also realized the origin of the strange sound. It was a muffled whimper of Toby on the top bunk. "Not again" Chris thought. Chris had just managed to get back to sleep after his first chat with Beecher a few hours earlier and he was tremendously tired. But being the talented, opportunist, that he was, Keller was not going to let a moment to get closer to Beecher slip by. "Beecher" Chris whispered. Getting no response from his pod mate Keller tried again, a little louder this time, "Beecher". Again nothing. Keller decided to give it one last try. This time he decided to try giving the bed a little kick. It worked when he wanted to talk to Toby earlier, so it might work this time Keller thought. "Beecher" Keller shouted while he kicked the top bunk. The third time was a charm. Keller felt the bunk shake as Beecher jerked up out of his horrific dream. "Hey Beecher, you alright" Keller asked.

"Leave me alone," Beecher retorted as he jumped down from the top bunk and walked over to the sink. He filled up the sink with cold water and dunked his face in it. Normally the chilly water splashing on his face was enough to get the dreams out of his head, but not now. He was not sure what was different this time, maybe it was the fact that he had two nightmares this night or maybe it was the fact that he was woke up, whatever the case Beecher was more shaken then normal. Tobias let the water out of the sink and jumped back up onto his bunk.

Keller decided that if he was going to try and get closer to Beecher he better act fast, before Beecher fell back to sleep. "Hey Beecher" Keller started, "Are you okay man?"

Beecher, still a little freaked out by the dream, was in no mood to talk to his pod mate Keller. Beecher just repeated his original response, "Leave me alone."

Chris was not deterred by this minor setback, secretly, he was hoping for a challenge. What fun was there in seducing someone if they just threw themselves at you? Keller welcomed the challenge that Beecher was unknowingly giving. He knew it would take a lot of talent to get Beecher to trust him, let alone fall in love with him. Keller wanted to see what the extent of his powers of manipulation were, and he felt that Tobias was just the right man to test his powers. Chris began a fake cry. "Toby I'm hurt." Keller learned from their conversation a few hours ago the easiest way to get through Toby's rock solid defensives was with comedy. "Now Tobias," Keller said "I thought you knew me better than that. You actually thought that I would give up that easily."

Toby tried to sound as serious as possible as said, "You know what? You sure can be an ass." No matter how hard he tired; Toby was unable to hide his true feelings as he let out a little chuckle.

"I've heard that a few time before but I thought people were just trying to be nice. But I think you might be telling me the truth and I take that as a compliment," Keller countered. "Now that I have your attention. Will you answer my question? Are you alright? I've had a few bad dreams before but never the same dream for over a year, and twice in one night."

For a while no one spoke. Beecher was still wary about trusting Keller. He had just meet this guy. Why should he share personal information with this stranger? And why had he already shared the details of his dream with him? Tobias did not trust Keller, but something about him made Beecher want to open up to Chris. Finally Beecher broke the silence, "I do not know why I am telling you this, but for some reason I think you could get it out of me by tomorrow. You remember what I told you about my dreams?" Chris nodded and Toby continued. "I think that my these dreams are a product of the guilt that I feel for killing Kathy Rockwell."

"Wow! Did you think of that by yourself?"

"Why yes I did. With the help of Sister Pete."

"I thought so."

"Really?"

"Yeah. It sounded to smart to be coming from you."

"Screw you smart-ass. Now if you are done interrupting me I will finish."

"Go ahead. I'm done making jokes at your expense. For now at least."

"As I was saying. These dreams are most likely caused by all of the guilt that I have pent up inside after killing that little girl. Up until that moment I had not killed anything. Not even a cockroach. Seeing her lifeless body pressed smashed against the window; I felt a little piece of my die inside. Ever since that day I have felt this emptiness inside me. I killed someone. Not just someone but an innocent child. I cannot imagine the pain that I have caused that family. Sometimes I try to imagine what if the situation had been reversed and it had been Holly who was hit by Kathy's father, how would I feel. But the simple fact is it was not Holly it was Kathy and I am responsible for taking her life. And nothing I do will ever make up for the fact that I took that innocent girls life. And that I have caused her family the greatest pain they will ever experience." Once again there was another long and awkward pause in the room. Toby was holding back tears. The combination of guilt and pain that he was experiencing was almost too much for him to handle. But there was no way in hell he was going to let Keller see him cry. He had spent too long building a reputation that he was crazy to let it be destroyed in one night. What was it about this new guy that made Toby feel so comfortable? He had not known Keller for an entire day and he had already shared with him information that he was no even comfortable talking to Sister Pete.

Keller broke the awkward silence that had fallen over the pod. "I guess I understand. I never have really been one to feel guiltily."

"What? You have never felt guilty before? Are you sure?"

"Yeah. It never was a concept I understood. I think it is one of those things you develop in your childhood.

Beecher was astonished. How could someone not feel guilt? And what was this childhood comment? Was Keller trying to open up to him? Beecher was taken back for a moment. He did not know whether or not he should try a get Keller to open more. He did volunteer the information but at the same time Tobias never had been on to inquire about other's personal life. Just from the how Keller said it made Beecher hesitate asking about it. Tobias was about to let Christopher's statement receded to the recesses of his mind when he remembered Christopher's prodding at his personal memories earlier that night. "Hey Keller" Beecher started. "What was with that childhood reference? You did not think I would miss that did you?"

"Actually I was hoping you missed that. I didn't mean to say that. It sort of slipped out." Which was a lie. Keller had planned this from the beginning. He knew that Beecher had been a lawyer before his stint in Oz. Vern had mentioned that Tobias was a "rich Harvard lawyer boy" when he was briefing Keller about him. Keller was not sure how good of a lawyer he was but he was sure that no self respecting Harvard graduate would miss a piece of information that enticing no matter how small it was.

"No come on Chris, how could I miss that? I would not have been a very good lawyer if I did not pay attention when someone was speaking."

"I was just hoping. I mean you did end up here in OZ." Chris was taking a calculated risk by making that joke. He was not sure if Tobias would find the joke amusing or if it would infuriate him, but it was a risk that Christopher was welling to take. If it did backfire on him he could easily repair the damage and if it worked he would know that Beecher was close to being under his control.