Gwenny can understand that. That fear. She thinks she'd felt it in that dream. She remembers a prickling sensation in the back of her neck, and the discomfort of those eyes staring… She shivers as she remembers it and rubs her hands again. But then Martin says he thinks it would have been worse if they'd stayed instead of coming to Darrow.

“Your home was that bad?” she asks. Her voice is softer, now, with more concern for Martin than her own discomfort in it.