"There's a split second, right at the beginning, where I can't tell the difference," he admitted, slightly disturbed. "I do make the distinction but it's not immediate. Hopefully that'll come with time and distance."

There were certainly benefits to the link as well. After all that's happened, he's loathe to admit them. It created a level of intimacy he'd never experience before, knowing an individual as well as they knew themselves, seeing and feeling everything. He felt Kathryn's hand on his arm and wished for a brief moment she could feel the comfort it lent him.