It was not until he had switched her, like any other girl, that she understood that their relationship had undergone a transformation, and that she was, truly, precisely what she seemed to be, now his bond-maid. Now that he was no longer being fed dream cap, steve began to think more clearly and was quick to realise that his conversations with mr snow and cadillac could be his lifeline.
Or why make an infant by any other means. It had never occurred to him that, upon slipping her bonds, midnight would not flee immediately.