Kira nodded again. There was nothing for Heather to worry about. Kira was silent for a few moments, trying to decide what to say. She guessed that maybe if she told Heather about her ex, maybe she would feel more comfortable talking about Sam. "Trent, my ex..." She paused, trying to find a way to phrase it. "He was exposed to this gem of power that was tampered with by evil. When he bonded with it...it started to turn him evil. He would transform into this evil warrior from time to time, and once, he almost killed me...when he changed back after that, he told me he was running away, that he was going to get as far away from me as he possibly could so he couldn't hurt me again. I told him we could help him, but he wouldn't listen...eventually, his dad managed to free him. But even after that, it took him a long time before he stopped worrying that he might turn evil again one day." Kira really hoped this was helping, that she wasn't boring her with the long emo tale of her former sort-of boyfriend.