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Caspar's face lights up, oh so briefly, and his lips are tightened like a sealed document. Stella intervenes. "Caspar is staying with me. Right now he is too vulnerable, you are all too vulnerable to provide a situation that would be safe for all of you. You do not know what he is just coming out of, nor the great residue of darkness that he carries. I am both trained and equipped to guid him through this. Caspar, do you trust me." "Yes, isabella", he mumbles sighing. "Yes Isabella. The darkness still clings to me. It is horrible. So horrible." "This is going to take time dear. We also have to talk to Sven..."