Rita frowns. Does he really have to put it like that? "I don't know about close, but..."

Well, it is hard to deny that they have some kind of connection. It's one that's probably stronger than ever, now that...

She sighs and answers the question. "I sensed it, too... It felt like he was there with me, somehow. There was this... pressure, like his will was being imposed on me. But it wasn't really his. Something was forcing him."