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give him a puzzled look.  
    He makes a grunting sound like he is irritated.  “Her name is Rachel.  She became
     one of the haunted because of me.”  He takes a deep breath and looks away from me.
      “I never had a normal life.  Unlike you, I spent a lot of time being trained to be
     a Nephilim, until I decided I was through with it.  I never liked being what I am.
      I hate this whole angel politics and what they’ve done to my family.  They’re the
     reason my parents never worked out.   My dad said it wasn’t safe for me to be in the
     human world, so he took me away when I was little and dropped me off at the Academy.
      After that, I saw him once every couple of years.    
    “Anyway, when time came, they wouldn’t let me go so I started doing little things
     to piss them off.  I went as far as finding a demon to protect while he haunted humans
     for fun.  When the Academy finally had enough of me, they let me go and I turned the
     demon over for them to trap him again.  My mom had disappeared shortly after dad took
     me away so I moved in with my aunt, and Rachel was one of her neighbors.  We spent
     a lot of time together, until one day, I saw her run back from school and she looked
     terrified.  She told me she was seeing things that weren’t there and that she had
     a message for me… a message from that demon saying he would terrorize everyone who
     was a part of my life.  Once she learned about what I am, she vowed to stay away from
     me for as long as I’m a nephilim.    
    After that, I just went to live on my own for a while.  I started to work in the human
     world.  It was just a job to pay bills, but the fallen weren’t happy that I was using
     my nephilim abilities to get into people’s heads and do the whole psychic thing.   I
     had to quit and move back in with my aunt.  By then, I convinced myself that the demon
     had found better things to do and I went to see Rachel.  I was even willing to lie
     and say that I was no longer a nephilim, but as soon as I approached her, the demon
     showed up.    
    I wasn’t going to let the demon control my life though, so I went after him and the
     fallen intervened saying that I had no right to attack the demon, unless I was attacked
     first.  So I started to provoke him and that put Rachel’s life at even more risk.
      I got in trouble for that and they said I had to either move into the Academy indefinitely
     or train you and then I could go back.”  
    “I’m sorry.”  
    “Why?  Your situation with Hunter is no different.  Because of what we are, we attract
     all this junk.  If you think one day you will live a happy life with him, well, you’re
     delusional.”  
    I ignore what he says because I know he’s not in the best mood after telling me all
     that.  
    “The demon promised to make you human if you helped him with this nephilim training,
     didn’t he?” I ask.  
    “I told you, I—”  
    “Don’t lie to me.  I should probably tell you right now that I know when you are lying.
      You’re not good at it.”  
    He nods.  “You’re mad, aren’t you?”  
    I shake my head.  “In a weirdly messed up way, no, I’m not.  I guess I understand.”  
    He gives me a crooked smile.  “It sucks to be us!”  
    Before I can even say anything, we hear a loud crashing sound and I quickly get up.  
    I stand there frozen.  I can feel that the demon is around.  
    “We should be training.  Just in case he comes here,” I say.  
    Samael shrugs and stands up.  “Let’s do this.”  
    I stand in front of Samael.  I can tell his mind is far away from this room, and I
     don’t even know where to start with this pretend training.  I suggest that we do a
     different kind of training; the physical kind… just to let out some stress.  He goes
     along with the motions.  He has both arms up to block me as I attack.  I move my right
     leg up to kick him and I’m actually faster than he is,