" As though sensing her heightening alarm, Pinfeathers halted his advance.

"I can’t help it that I’m susceptible to you," he whispered. "You know that. It’s just that you’re so...unreal...and so I have to touch you. If only to be certain that I’m not the one who’s dreaming. You see, I hear that sort of thing is going around. "

― Kelly Creagh , Enshadowed (Nevermore, #2)