From what Ms. Shepherd was saying, Fee was related in some way. That was interesting; he was going to see Fee tomorrow about this very thing. Elias thought back to the message Fee left him in response to his forum post. Interesting, indeed. Both the ladies seemed somewhat more on edge than others he'd spoken to (although, with Charlie, it was harder to tell). He would have considered a psychological answer to the things that Ms. Shepherd was describing, except...
Elias knew the same could be applied to him. And to Charlie. And to Rylee. He rubbed the back of his hand under his jaw briefly, eyes on his notes, and weighed his options.
"You aren't alone," he finally said, deciding to tell her his own circumstances as well -- if only just to give her assurance that others were having their fair share of strangeties in their lives. "I see other places and things across my own vision -- as if a second set of eyes were overlaying across what I see as well. I have a sense of looking through dark places in the world. Some places and people, I recognize. Some I don't. Some I meet later. These are not visions and not glimpses into the future. They feel very fully present and very fully real. I am awake when it happens. And always afterwards, a headache follows. These things have happened even after the night of the blackout. They've been increasing in frequency and strength. It seems that you are also experiencing the same type of situation.
"But there is one thing that sets you apart from everyone else I've spoken with: your concerns began before that night."
Elias leaned back in his chair and stared at the wall behind Ms. Shepherd's shoulder, in thought. "Our senses seem to be involved -- your sense of smell, my sight, their hearing and touch. I wonder if the fifth sense has been affected by someone else who has yet to speak with me. Do you know anyone else who has suffered as we have?"