There's still a clawed hand gripping Joshua's shoulder. Still a claw resting against his temple. Still that smile looming over him and the smell of blood starting to permeate everything and Joshua wonders if this is really happening. If he's hallucinating again but no it's touching him.

This has to be real. And behind Joshua the figure dissolves, splitting into two nearly identical figures. A woman in a beanie with her head mostly off, lolling to one side and staring with unmoving glassy eyes. A second wearing glasses with long matted hair who looks nearly human if you ignore the grey patches to her skin, the needlelike teeth, and the hunger in her eyes.

This time, when Joshua does the unthinkable and looks away from the demon he seems to see what Alastor can already see. His laugh is weak and small. This poor fuck thinks these are actually his dead sisters, doesn't he?

"Doesn't much account for crazy, does it? You can see them...can't you?"