[It's that last bit that kind of catches Darin off guard. He really did trust Raven, didn't he. And sure, he's been burned in the past with trusting others...Raven was just...easy to talk to.]

[Darin falls silent as they walk along. His legs were starting to recover from the previous night's shenanigans and he was walking steadier now.]

[Finally, as they get close to Darin's place, he stops.]

I'm...sorry I haven't told you the whole truth. It's not that I don't want to. Hell, you're probably one of the only people I've met since I got here that I'd consider an actual friend.

I'm...

[He turns away a bit and rubs the back of his neck.]

To be honest...I'm scared of what you'd think of me. If you knew the truth about who I am. What I am.