Flynn watched as this girl before him changed, suddenly her face went blank and her head tilted to the side.
"The Library Speaks." She announced, Flynn's ears prinked at the mention of 'Library' and watched in horror as the girl's eyes rolled back into her head, revealing only the whites.
She stared at him with milky eyes and said, "Fear not the newcomer of origin unknown, tis not a vampire lover nor a snake in disguise but rather a medium for preventing your demise."
Flynn was shocked beyond belief. Kate's face then dropped, her eyes returning to normal.
She was so embarrassed, "I'm sorry if I did or said anything weird." She tried to apologise, she really didn't want to go back to the nuthouse.
"No, ah, uhm, maybe we should talk about…about whatever that was." Flynn said.
"They've been happening ever since I was a kid, I think they started when I was five. At eight my parents started to get really worried and sent me to various shrinks; they tried every treatment and drug but it didn't do anything. I'm stuck like this, but the worst part is that I never remember what I say when an episode happens. It's so embarrassing."
Flynn looked at Kate with a mix of empathy and interest, "So you NEVER remember what you say during these 'episodes'?" he asked her.
"Well…" Kate said looking at Flynn trying to understand him, "Sometimes I'll write down what I say while I'm in the trance, but these messages are different from the other ones, they seem more directed at me rather than the others. The others seem to be aimed at someone else, maybe a guy."
"Hmm." He mumbled, "I think I've got it!" He announced, jumping from his chair, "This is the Library! I magical place, it shifts, moves, gets bigger. It even has a mind of its own! So it also stands to reason that a mind would want to communicate right? Right! So, that's you."
"What's me?"
"You're the way the Library can communicate." He cried, "You're a mystical conduit for the will of the Library."
"For the Library?" Kate thought about it for a moment, "Libby." She muttered.
"What did you say?" Flynn asked her.
Kate squirmed, "Libby…When I was younger, I told my mom that my episodes were messages from 'Libby', this scared that crap out of my mother. It was actually the catalyst for her and the next day she took me to the shrinks. When I got older I remembered Libby but I couldn't recall why I'd named them Libby but now it makes sense. Messages from Libby…or rather Library."
"Oh!" Flynn said clapping his hands just as he got it, "Must have been how your young mind rationalised your ability."
"So…so what did I say when 'the Library communicated'?"
"Ahh." This time it was Flynn's turn to squirm, how could he tell her that the Library had purposely inserted personal details of Flynn's life into its message so he knew it was real? How could he tell this girl about his love life?
"Umm, nothing important."
"Now the next thing," Kate began, "Who the hell are you all and what the fuck is the Library?"
Flynn sat Kate down and told her everything about the Library, about himself and his guardian and even (Jenkins). It took a while but afterwards, everything was cleared up and out in the open.
"Oh." was all she managed before it happened again.