"Jay, Jay - Jay, no!"

"You think you can keep him safe from all this?" His shadow's hands snake out like slicks of oil, wrapping around his wrists before he can seize at Jay and tear him away from the creature as he strangles it. Can shadows even breathe? His knuckles sting, his breath aches, but he can't -

"You think you can keep him unsullied? This is what you do to people, Tim! You drive them to this! You make them like you!"