Lurking {Lilith}

[Blair Snape]

Footsteps echoed down the corridor as students headed to and from the Ravenclaw common room. The castle was a little frigid due to the unexpected change of weather over the passed week so each child was bundled up from head to toe. There were a few who dared brave the chilly air in their regular school attire but not many. The soft chatter of a group of girls filled the air as they passed a particularly shadowy area. They were so busy with their discussion that they hadn't noticed a dark figure press itself further back against the wall and slink down the corridor in the shadows.

A certain rumour, about one Lilith Snape, had made it to the ears of her older brother and said ears, accompanied by the rest of him, intended to find out whether there was any truth to it. So what if it seemed sort of stalker like for him to be lurking around in the shadows by his sister's common room! Blair was, though he wouldn't completely admit to it, a little overprotective of his ickle Lil. His brother could look after himself for the most part but there was something about Lilith that made Blair feel as though it was his duty, as her older brother, to ensure that she didn't wind up hurt...and any boy who dared touch her would face a fate unlike anything they'd ever known.

Pressing himself against the wall more tightly, Blair let his pale hands rest at his sides. She should be coming soon. Then he would have time to confront her about this little rumour. If there were boys vying for her affections, he was determined to put them all through a rough screening process. No one would be allowed to toy with his little sister's heart nor try anything else with her for that matter. Never!

[lynn7]

Lilith was reading in her common room having a good time just letting her mind wander and for the first time weeks without having to worrying about her homework. She had finally caught up and had practically perfect scores now and were one of the professor’s favored students again. She hadn't realized that her friends were trying to get her attention. She ran a hand over the page of her book. She rolled her eyes aggravated as her book was snatched from her and she looked at them with her deep haunting eyes and said coldly "give it back "

They were fast at returning the book to her hands she marked her spot and looked at her friends who had all gathered around and were just having fun. With in a few moments they were all laughing and having a good time. She loved when they did this it kind of gave her that feeling of protection when she was there even though she truly never felt the safest with her brothers. She was never so protective of them but they were of her. She wouldn't ever admit it but she missed them a lot while they were at school.

She listened to her friend’s say they were going to meet up in the great hall and she should get dressed and meet them down there. She nodded and said she would do just that. She went up quickly changed and couldn't find her favorite hair tie she panicked and ran to the common room and started looking for it when one of her guy friends handed it over to her and she smiled and gave him a hug. She put it on her wrist as the both of them walked out of the common room. She smiled and waved at him as they parted ways she started down the hallway pulling her hair up she felt eyes and turned to the shadows and asked quietly " Whose there?"

[Blair Snape]

Cold, hazey eyes watched as one Lilith Snape exited the Ravenclaw common room with a boy. Every minor detail, from the distance between them as they walked to each side glance or accidental brush of the hand, was keenly observed from the shadows. Those dark eyes paid particularly close attention to each and every little thing...as they always did. Blair Snape had learned well from his father to pay attention to detail. Even the smallest of things could give away a person's intention, hint at their veracity or tell their darkest of secrets.

As the two parted ways, Blair let out an almost inaudible sound that was something between a growl and a sigh. He was glad to see the boy gone but he wasn't exactly thrilled at the idea of some boy escorting his precious Lilith around. So what if he was overprotective?! She was HIS little sister long before anyone at Hogwarts even knew she existed. Besides that, she was the closest possible flesh and blood relative...besides parents and Ellis.

Stepping out from his shadowy hiding place, Blair Snape kept his same expressionless face on as he addressed his sister with a soft, "Hello Lilith." It would be impossible for him to keep a straight face forever around his sister but he did have a serious matter to discuss. Hence, no matter how badly the soft, affectionate smile wanted to show itself, he forced all emotion back for now. His hands now shoved deeply into his pockets, Blair stepped forward and asked, "Who was that?" He gave a short nod in the direction that the boy had walked off in.

[lynn7]

Lilith's deep brown eyes widened as she saw her big brother. She was going to run up to him and hug him. But she say that he wasn't smiling yet and wouldn't smile just yet. she looked over at him and looked down she couldn't believe that she was just thinking about him and now here he was. She bit her lip and looked up at her big brother. If anyone she wanted to make him as proudest of her. She met his eyes again. With her sort comforting voice she said. "Hello Blair it's been a while since i have seen you around."

She relaxed a little and looked off in the direction that brought her closest guy friend. Also she had found that the situation with him just felt weird. She looked back at her brother and again spoke in her soft voice. " Blair he's just...Just a friend...I think...."

She bit her lip and looked at the floor. She looked down the corridors and saw it was empty. She was a little more hopeful now maybe she could just catch up with the guy she spent most of her life with. She saw the protectiveness that shown in his eyes and for some reason she just felt safe around her brother like he'd kill anything that hurt her. That gave her a little smile. She asked her brother. " Blair maybe if you don't have anything to do we can just walk and catch up.? I mean I know it took you 15 years to get your lovely little tag along gone but still we haven't really hung out in a while..."

She looked down at her hands as she played with her fingers really hoping he wouldn't mind if they hung out just for the day. She as much as she hated to admit it she missed having her older brother to talk to. Her dark caring eyes darted up to her taller brothers eyes as he spoke.

[Blair Snape]

"Just a friend," repeated Blair coldly as his dark eyes wandered away from his beloved little sister. They lingered a moment on the empty corridor that the Ravenclaw boy had disappeared down only moments ago before he returned his full attention to one of only the two people he would willingly give his own life to protect. Blair Snape might have seemed like a cold, emotionless kind of guy most of the time but Blair was raised to be cautious, smart and very untrusting. That was just who he was. Nothing would change that. On the flip side of it all, however, he was far more complex than just what others saw. Only Lilith ever really saw the deeper bits of his personality. She and Ellis were, perhaps, the only two people in the entire world whom he trusted completely.

Fighting even harder with his facial muscles, Blair tried to force back his smile but it was seemingly impossible now. With the only girl who he deemed worthy enough to actually kill for smiling up at him and suggesting that they spend the afternoon together, the corners of his thin lips twitched upwards into a soft smile. Even with seriousness of the current rumours that he needed to disscuss with her, Blair simply could not keep from showing a certain brotherly warmth toward his ickle Lil. The affectionate smile still formed on his lips, he replied, "I think I'd rather fancy spending the entire afternoon with my lovely little tag-along. It has, after all, been quite a long time since we've chatted. Since summer really."

The caring and questioning look in her beautiful brown eyes as she looked up at him only further enforced the idea that Blair had to discuss with her. To him, Lilith was the most beautiful and witty girl in all of Hogwarts. Of course, he was incredibly biased being that she was his flesh and blood. Still, that didn't mean that he was the only one who saw her in that light. Surely there had to be truth to the rumours about boys vying for her attention and affection. Firmly, he reminded himself that no one would dare to touch his precious sister unless they had his approval...and if they even dared to toy with her, they would face a fate worse than death. NO ONE was allowed to hurt his younger siblings.

[lynn7]

Lilith looked up at her older brother. Her eyes shown as she saw the warming smile on her brother’s face. Her own smile widened and softened to her true smile. She listened to her brother’s words and laughed a little. She didn't hesitate she walked forward and hugged her brother and said, " Blair it's been so long I was almost forgetting my handsome big brothers prize winning smile."

She knew that Blair was here to talk and not just see her. Ellis had stopped by a while ago to see her. She smiled at the thought Ellis was protective and cute she was close to him. But she knew that no matter what she would always be closer to Blair. She knew Blair wasn't happy with the guy she had left and had been escorting her around all school year. But it showed in his eyes that he wanted to talk to her about something that was important to him. But it could wait for a moment for an unknown reason she just wanted to know her brother was there to protect her.

She didn't understand why but she just felt like she hadn't seen him in a very long time and that she hadn't been so protected as she was used to feeling. She finished a few moments later and her deep eyes met those of her brothers. She had a caring smile on her lips as she stepped away from her brother. She was definitely her father’s daughter just as he was their father's son. Family genes were too visible. She bit her lip and she said, " Well good cause she here once again flesh and blood."

She smiled and though she knew she wanted to keep her brother happy and she always could make him smile. She knew that they should get what was serious done with so they could focus on other things. She smiled and misfit shown in her eyes now. She looked up at him and asked. " So Mr. Blair Snape how is school going for you this year? I'm guessing Perfect marks across the board right?"

She waited to see where they would wander to this fine afternoon. But to her it really didn't matter as long as they got to catch up. She knew that he had ways of always knowing what was going on with her. How she didn't know but she felt like no matter what she could always turn to Blair. Than it hit her was he here to scold her for going into the forbidden forest when he told her not too. She started to get worried but hid it very well. She was brought out of her thoughts when her brother said.

[Blair Snape]

For as cold and unattached as Blair liked to seem, even he couldn't stop himself from hugging Lilith back. It didn't matter who saw or what they had to say about it either. She was HIS sister, whom he loved dearly, and he was entitled to hug her whenever he bloody well felt like it. His arms fit around her slender body perfectly and he gently rested his chin just atop her head. Moments like this were the only times that his eyes actually betrayed him. Rather than remaining empty and cold, they had a sort of glimmer to them caused only by the sincerest affection that he felt toward his darling sister.

A weak chuckle slipped through his thin, slightly pale lips at her comment about missing his "handsome, prize winning smile." He wouldn't have believed it if anyone else said those words but he'd always trusted the statements of his beloved little sister. If only he could find some spell or another to pick apart life so that his consisted solely of moments exactly like this, Blair would have done so in a heartbeat. Nothing would make him happier than to spend the rest of his life looking over his precious Lil and Ellis. Unfortunately, even as he let his mind wander to such things, his sister's embrace came to a halt.

Holding in the soft sigh that desired to force its way out, Blair let his hands fall loosely at his sides again. He observed Lilith as she took a step away from him and looked up into his eyes. Though hers were softer and so much sweeter, they'd both acquired the dark eyes of their father. While hers were warm, beautiful pools that any unsuspecting boy could willing get lost in, Blair's were like a frigid, dark abyss that a horrified victim might fall into and then be trapped there for the rest of eternity. At that particular moment, however, there was the slightest hint of light in his eyes almost as if her warmth and radiance were reflecting off of his very soul and showing up as a tiny sparkle at the center of each of his dark orbs.

"Flesh and blood," his smooth voice repeated as the smile reformed on his lips, "Nothing closer than my very own flesh and blood...and no one I'd do more for." The last few words seemed to glide through the chilled castle air as more of a whisper than anything else. He could only hope that Lilith would take his every word to heart and know that she, of anyone, was the most important person in his universe. Even Ellis could care for himself and strove to be independent. But Lilith...HIS little Lil...would only have to look at him with a need in her eyes for Blair to give his every last breath to aid and protect her to the very end.

It was so difficult for him to focus on the subject at hand with his beloved Lilith right there in front of him. Once more, he was reminded of his primary reason for coming to this particular part of Hogwarts castle. Lifting his right hand, Blair brushed his fingertips across her soft, dark hair and smiled once more before his hand fell. "School. Yes, school, for me, is going as expected, I must say. There is, however, a subject...a concern, if you will, that I have," stated Blair coolly, gesturing his sister forward such that they might walk and talk at the same time.

For a brief second or two, Blair Snape remained silent as he arranged his next words properly inside his head. They needed to come out just right such that he didn't set Lilith off. He was, after all, only doing his duty to serve and protect his flesh and blood. Opening his lips again, the same smooth and careful voice went on, "It has recently come to my attention, my dearest sister, that you're no longer a little girl. I'm sure you'll argue that you haven't been for quite some time...but, from a male perspective, you're at the age, now, when boys...not always the right sort either...will notice you. As I've been informed, this is already occurring. Do you grasp what I'm getting at Lilith, love?"

[lynn7]

Lilith smiled as her older brother had whispered that he's do anything for her. His words warmed her heart that she had accidentally forgotten how big it was. She closed her eyes and turned as they walked Lilith listened intently to Blair's words taking in every detail. She knew that he was the one she could turn to for everything and anything. In a way Blair could do the same to her. She would be there for him and her dueling had gotten a lot better not that he would know she had been practicing.

She started to understand what he was getting at. That she was now a fifth year and he a sixth and that she wasn't the little sister she used to be. She was catching glances from a guy here and there and were a few that caught her's once or twice as well. She smiled softly at her brother. She bit her lip and looked at him with caring eyes as they both walked. She let words scrabble through her head as she thought of what to say.

Once she found some words that could get her point of view across she said in her caring soft, " You mean that I'm not your little sister that is afraid of guys anymore? That maybe if they take to much of a fancy in me they might play my heart....and hurt me....?"

Lilith didn't know it that was right. In fact a big part of her was guessing. From what she could tell no one in school liked her or even had an interest in her. But she wasn't going to sit and say she didn't want some attention. But she would also sit and let her brother give him the hot seat before she trusted a guy with her heart. She didn't want to have that pain of knowing that a guy was going to win her heart and break it.

That scared her the most and the fear shown in her eyes. She knew that Blair would rather kill than see her hurt. But she also knew he didn't want her to not date either. She knew that no matter what her brother was the man in her life that if her didn't approve she would trust him and leave the person behind. She was biting her lip as she thought of the situations that would make them selves present and how much faith she had in her brother and how she took what he said to heart. She always would and her eyes showed that when she was around him. She looked up at him and asked. " Is that what you mean Blair?"

[Blair Snape]

"You will always be my darling little sister, Lilith. No matter how old you are, you shall always be my little sister whom I intend to love and protect...and no one will take that away," corrected Blair, giving the girl a side glance and smiling once more. He meant those words with ever last shred of his being. Anyone who dared attempt to keep Blair from doing his job as a caring and overprotective older brother would surely regret it. As well, anyone who had the nerve to try taking him away from Lilith and Ellis would fail miserably.

His footsteps were short and soft such that he could keep in perfect step with his sister's more feminine gait. His right hand snaked deeply into the cotton pocket of his trousers as he strolled along the vacant corridor beside Lilith. It wasn't very shocking that she'd grasped what he had meant. Sometimes she could read him better than he even knew himself but that was a whole other topic for some other time. Now, he still had the matter of boys to discuss with her. Being one himself, he knew, initially, how the masculine sex worked. Not that he'd ever use or abuse a girl, but he'd seen his fellow dorm mates do such things. He'd also heard other males mentioning their exploits with girls. It honestly made him sick. But, their business was their business...unless one of them tried anything with HIS dear Lilith. Then, it was personal.

"That, my love, is exactly what I meant. I know you are mature enough to know the difference between good and bad but many boys are very deceptive when they're after certain things," he explained very carefully. Blair did want his sister to find true love such that she was happy but a small part of him didn't want her to. That small part of him wanted her to remain his darling little sister that needed his protection and love at all times. It also didn't want her to have to go through all the troubles and strife that went along with love. Something so complex as that emotion usually came along with pain, stress and sacrifice.

[lynn7]

Lilith smiled at her brother. She knew her brother was not at all happy with the fact that she was growing up and that their might be another guy in her life. But the thing was that no body would ever take her big brothers spot in her life no guy would be able to live up to her brother in her eyes. She closed her deep brown eyes and smiled as she looked up at her brother and said. " I....Know Blair and truthfully that kind of scares me more than anyone realizes. Which sucks being a girl about that sometimes that I get hurt so easy but you always protect me."

She smiled more at him and gave him a sideways one armed hug. She softly almost inaudible said," Blair no guy will ever take your spot in my life no matter who they are. Your my big brother and will alway be my big number one protector. Even if there is another guy in my life."

She looked up at him as her eyes shown 'you'll always be my big brother. ' look. She closed her eyes and scanned their surroundings. She smiled and moved away again and said " Guys can be creeps you have taught me that but you have taught me to at least give people a chance. You have taught me a lot and look at me now... The person you have grown to love."

She looked up at Her brother with a cute smile as she waited for him to sort out his own words.

[Blair Snape]

The empty corridor couldn't have been a more perfect place to discuss these matters. It sort of reminded Blair of being back home when they could slip off to the vacant alley ways beside their house to talk about anything and everything. Soon enough, though, this wouldn't be possible. With him already in sixth year, there wasn't much time before he'd be off on his own. Just that thought caused a cold and upset look to fill his dark orbs. At least he had now. At least he could still hold and protect his beloved little Lilith and keep an eye out for his dearest Ellis...even if the boy didn't want his older brother looking out for him.

Giving the brown-eyed beauty a half-hearted smile, he gently whispered, "If anyone even thinks about harming you, my darling Lil, they shall sincerely regret it." There was a eerie tone in the last four words. It was a sound that one might have recalled hearing in the voice of Severus Snape during his years as a student or, even moreso, as a professor at Hogwarts. Nothing, and that meant absolutely nothing, would ever come between Blair Snape and his younger siblings if he could help it. Anyone who tried would find out just how serious the Gryffindor boy was about protecting his flesh and blood. Sometimes, just thinking about the lenghts he'd go to for his precious sister and brother, he wondered whether Gryffindor was the proper house for him.

Shaking the thought, Blair felt his sister's arm around him as she gave him a sideway hug. Without the slightest bit of hesitation, his hand slid out from the warmth of his pocket and his arm found its way around her shoulders. It mattered not, to Blair, who saw that he had his arm around his darling sister. Anyone who so much as made a face could burn in the fiery pits of Hell for all of eternity as far as the eldest Snape cared. This thought was only further enforced in his mind when he caught the first part of what Lilith murmured very softly. Even though he hadn't heard it all, what he had caught was more than enough to bring that twinkle back to his eyes.

Even when she retracted her arm, Blair kept his hung loosely around the shoulders of his beloved sister. Giving a light chuckle, he replied, "I taught you all that? And to think, I've got a Y chromosome...yet I'm capable of not being a creep. Never thought I'd see the day." He, of course, was only trying to lighten the situation now that she knew just how much he cared and how he dreaded seeing her hurt by some boy or another. In a heartbeat, he'd gladly kill any guy who dreamed of causing harm to his dearest Lilith. It was, perhaps, his major weakness.

[lynn7]

Lilith started to laugh at what her older brother had said. Her mind instantly started to go back upon memory upon another memory. She quickly came back though. She realized her brother’s arm was still hung on her shoulders she was a little surprised since they only did that when they were buddies at home. But she wasn't going to say anything. She never minded her brother when he did that. She was having a conversation with her brother but at the same time having a mental debate with herself as to weather or not she should talk to Blair about her mind wandering so much again.

She closed her eyes and looked up at Blair again. " Mr. Blair Snape you come off cold hearted and distant and to some yes you are a creep. But to others you’re like a big caring teddy bear that they can rely on. I so hope you find that girl that can see that. But I’m totally giving her the hot seat and don't argue with me if you get to with me I get to with you."

She smiled and laughed a little knowing her brother would try to argue that statement but she was stubborn and would win. She looked down at her feet and bit her lip as they walked she than decided to tell him anyway. " Blair I haven't been sleeping at all lately. My mind keeps wandering coming up with memories of everything. Or just questions lots of questions and I don't have time to answer because my mind keeps going so fast. No I’m not crazy I just don't get what is so different about this year that has my mind going nuts on me all the time. Do you follow anything that I am telling you?"

Lilith spoke knowing her brother would listen but afraid that he would classify her as crazy and she wasn't because it wasn't like she was seeing the future. She was just recalling the smallest details of her past and asking the oddest questions. But for no real reason. She was beginning to let her mind wander again as they were walking until her brother brought her mind back.

[Blair Snape]

Laughing lightly, Blair nodded in agreement that he was known for being cold and distant but, to her, he was like a reliable teddy bear. He hadn't thought there was any need for Lilith to give any girl at all a complete interrogation considering he hadn't found much interest in any girls. There was only ever one whom he'd gone out with since coming to the school and none whom he'd taken a particular interest in. Though, he wouldn't mind if Lilith did want to look after any girls who might have taken a fancy to him. It wasn't likely that any would but nothing was completely impossible in the wizarding world.

"My lovely little Lil, I don't see you needing to do that. I sincerely doubt that any girl at all shall come along and see me in quite the light that you do," he reassured with an added shake of the head. Blair was sure there weren't any girls in Hogwarts that would see him as some caring and reliable young man who actually was worth spending time on. There was Kat, but they'd established that they weren't anything more than friends. He had a friend in Gryffindor who was always nice to him but she wanted to keep their friendship a secret from the world. Besides that, there was only his Lil. Besides, what was the point in trying to have a girlfriend? It would only take away from his revision time and the time he spent with his sister.

Instead of dwelling upon the subject, he let her continue on with her next statement. His dark eyes had been watching their pathway as she spoke but he turned his attention toward her when he noticed how she was going on. It took a little more focus to follow her words. Stopping and moving around to stand in front of her, Blair put his hands on each of her cheeks and softly reassured, "I could never think that you're crazy, Lilith, and I do follow what you're saying. Perhaps we should find somewhere silent to sit and talk about your thoughts. You need your sleep and, if I can help by letting you get your thoughts out, you know that my time and attention are yours." As he slowly revoked his hands, he gave her a brotherly sort of smile as if to tell her that she could tell him absolutely anything.

Blair continued to look down at his beloved sister and wonder what had her mind so disturbed. It made him want to delve into her mind himself to see what she had been seeing and know what she knew but that was an invasion of privacy. Her thoughts were hers alone and only she was allowed to make the decision on which to share and which to keep personal. Sighing quietly to himself, Blair took a step back and moved back to his place beside her. This was going to be troubling him now. If she was having problems then it was just as though he was as well.

[lynn7]

Lilith smiled at her big brother and shook her head at him. She knew that her brother was concerned about her and in a big was regretting telling her brother. But she wanted to talk to him. He was the only person that she trusted with her thoughts. So she would talk to him about it. She looked down than up again at him, " You are so tough Blair but I get to give your date the hot seat. given any thought about the ball coming up? Yes I know no changing the subject and we will talk about it."

She smiled at her brother as he gave her his brotherly smile that said he cared. She would admit it was going to be very hard for her when he got a girlfriend. He wouldn't spend so much time with her and that frightened her a bit more than she would admit. She brushed it off as she knew he would always have some time for her. She breathed and said," Well I am glad that you don't think I am crazy. A lot of people think that I am crazy cause I keep going off into my own thoughts again and again. But I mean it's not like they are huge future thoughts. They are just memories a lot of memories that seem to get more and more detailed with every memory. I don't even know why I keep having them."

As they walked they seemed to disappear from the school and honestly Lilith felt better knowing that no one could get into their conversation. She grabbed her brothers hand and smiled she knew the corridor well and knew of a perfect spot they could go that no one ever went. " Come on Blair we want to talk about this we are going to a quiet place where no one will bother us of listen in. Yes I am paranoid so don't say it."

She smiled back at him he knew her sense of humor. She laughed and than looked over at the windows they were passing until they came to the very end of the corridor. She smiled when she saw the really big window this was where she would sneak off to and think by herself always. She got up on the window sill and brought her knees up and rested her chin on her left knee and looked at her brother. " Blair it's like I am re-living our past every little detail over and over again. A scent will trigger and set off a memory a question sets off another question. thoughts that just keep coming and I don't know the answers I read so much for no reason and still i don't find the answer. it's like the more i try to focus the more memories and questions come to be. Brother it's to the point I can't even talk to anyone without a memory or my mind going off. Even now it does I mean my grades are great but all my resting time is spent trying to find more and more answers.'

she looked at her brother hoping that he would have some advice and would help her understand why she was remembering things for no reason. When she didn't even really miss her home with her father or mother. She was actually dreading going back that she didn't understand either. She was brought back when Blair spoke.

[Blair Snape]

The mere notion of Blair having a girlfriend (aside from the one he'd had a few years ago) was laughable. As it was, Blair had sincerely been thinking about how he was going to spend his evening while everyone else was off at some useless dance. Girls asking boys, boys asking girls...it was all the same to him and it didn't matter either way. He simply was not going to waste his evening in the Great Hall amid a bunch of people whom he didn't care to try socializing with. Gryffindors disliked him because he was a Snape. Slytherins hated him because he was in Gryffindor. Hufflepuffs didn't trust him and Ravenclaws couldn't care any less about his mere existence. In fact, there were only about three or four people in the whole entire school that he actually associated himself with.

Listening to his sister talking once more, the eldest Snape remained perfectly silent. He observed her as well as listened. For some reason, he started to think that there was something else to all of this. After all, something should have sparked her memories so if he could figure out what it was maybe he'd be able to help his sister. While she spoke, he pondered the subject over and over. It was much better to think about than some pointless dance or the topic about him with girls. Since neither were going to happen, Blair felt it would be better to think about things of use.

The feeling of her hand grabbing his forced a small smile to his thin lips and momentarily took him from any and all thoughts. It was just like when they were younger...right before Ellis. Blair remembered how she would follow him everywhere and always try to hold his hand. He also remembered the very first time he actually allowed his little sister to hold onto his hand and the first time he'd let her lead the way. It was something that always did make him smile. Most things about his sister made Blair smile. He'd been so absorbed in his thoughts of the passed and the feeling of her hand in his as she pulled him down the corridor that he hadn't heard what she said.

When Lilith stopped and perched herself up into the window, he came back from his careful contemplation. Standing right in front of her, Blair listened to his sister as she went into better detail about her memories and what sparks them. Once she was completely done speaking, he pondered her problem a little longer before finally saying, "Perhaps I can help you with answering your questions. Whenever you come up with one, write it down so you don't forget it. You might find it easier if we are both working on solving your problem than if you continue to work on it alone, Lilith."