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"What sorts of things." says Erik. "That we are of a different race from other humans. That we are rather a hybrid. That the reason neither of us had ever seen our father was for the simple fact that he chose in our presence to remain invisible. That he had that power. Our mother also helped fill in some blanks. We were not conceived in any ordinary way, but when she was fifteen, one chilly autumn night, she was walking alone on the beach, when she felt someone catch up with her. At first she saw a young man, but then there was nothing, and a voice told her to follow him. The young man appeared again. He was wearing a dark cloak that trailed on the ground. She followed him until they arrived at a beach house. He told her to go inside and wait for him there.