[sequel to nightrunners] Rafe Cameron is an idea; some kind of abstraction. He is not real: only an entity, something illusory. That doesn't mean Cassiopeia won't try to grab at thin air. ... "And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable... I simply am not there." "How long are you going to keep quoting American Psycho?" "Until I'm engrained in your permanent memory Cassiopeia."