Is it Venom? Or is it him? Is it...When she moves around the corner he studies her features and does his best to pour as much kindness into his face as he can. Venom is quiet, watching passively, like a dog waiting for something to happen.

"...That was you? You..." Wait.

"...As one of ...one of those little things? The ones that look like little toys? I..."

Don't call it a toy

It is not a toy?

"...Come and sit with me okay? I promise. It's just the...three of us. You look like you've seen a ghost."