C.C. finally rolled over and sat up, long hair spilling over her shoulder as she sat back to back to him. Though her back did not touch his. She wondered if the castle was really that picky. Did it choose or did it simply take the first thing it could grab onto? To be honest she wished there was some way to find out what it was without hopeless trial and error.

"How cruel. You're probably right." What would the point of losing it be if they could just get it back? Maybe she had lost her immortality. Maybe she could finally die. But no, if the castle brought the dead back than she was immortal either way.

She glanced over her shoulder at him. "Then should we test all your known skill sets and see what doesn't add up?"