He looked up at Al with eyes as flat as dull gold coins, shadowed and empty, and Al knew. He felt every hair on his body stand up on end and his hands curl into fists when the thing's eyes narrowed happily. A too-wide grin split Ed's familiar face, and his voice rang out, sounding like multiple voices all at once, "Oh, but you two succeeded, didn't you? Isn't that what you wanted?" (cover: gothicfaerytales)