She'll just have to trust that it's not a trick! Look, though: he's still here, and once she gets all snuggled up, he sits politely at the edge of the bed, one wisp appearing by the book like a reading light. He opens the cover, and the light grows a tiny bit brighter.

"You know, I think I met the one in the trashcan once," he admits, smiling a little. underfae in the garbage, monster in the garbage, same thing. "Comfy?"