"Well?"
"Well what?" I answered, slightly unnerved.
"You'd best better get back to Fish. For you are he and he are you."
"The I take it that means I don't get to save the fair damsel from the dragon in this one."
"Nope! Not a chance. Buuut - if'n you're *really* lucky, a fair damsel *just might* save you."
"Well, that's just about to be expected in this thing. So just when and where does *she* come in?"
"HhhMmmm! She may be closer than you think. Just look around you. Isn't there a lovely lady there who is reaching out to you saying, 'Take my hand - take my hand.'"
"Welll, yes, there is. But I thought it was just a mirage."
"You gotta' trust somebody - and if you can't trust your good old homunculus, then who can you trust?"
"But I don't even *KNOW* you, let alone, *LIKE* you. Far'z I'm concerned, you've been blowin' smoke for the past 2 episodes."
"Your choice. Take it or leave it."
"Take my hand", came a lovely female voice. "I'm here for you."