13Lake lightly touched the trident point in the center of his chest. “My whole body is vibrating every time you speak. It’s like someone else is inside me and listening to you as well.”
“That’s not far from the truth. Does the vibration hurt?” Sugar asked.
Lake shook his head. “No. It just feels…”
“Like whatever put the metal there has become part of you?” Sugar suggested.
Lake nodded reluctantly. “I suppose that’s no crazier an idea than me thinking I saw a cat woman today.”
Sugar leaned forward and pondered how to break the news about the Lyrans. There was no real way to explain aliens other than to just throw it out there and wait for the shock to pass. Lake was going to be exposed to way more surprising things than a cat woman once he left the seclusion of his room.
“So here’s th
