((I believe she was that Reptile was Vogefac, no?))
Artemis came up to me and said, "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine now," I began, "But I believe the Vampire still has partial control of me....I need as much help as I can get to remove these....tendrils. The only way I can do that is to kill the abomination. This is John, and this is..."
Bear had walked away to try out his new device.
"Well, this is John....I am not having a very good time mentally, I am afraid...."