"So far as I can tell, yes. Creepy," he replied. He stopped to listen and heard everything there was to hear. It amounted to very little.

Until there was a loud woosh. More than wind. He opened his eyes to see a swirling cloud glowing red, shot with black so dark it swallowed the light. It swirled and danced, the coalesced into the form of a man. He had perfect posture, hair yhat brushed his shoulders, and eyes so hard they were inhuman.

"Hello, Diane," it said, low and vaguely threatening.