"It's fine," Steven says, with a shrug. "The experience was harrowing, but it was what I needed to shake me out of the rut I was in. I was able to get my shit together enough to get rid of my fetch after that and take my life back from him, more or less."

He shakes his head again. "It's okay that you're not good at Fear," he tells Jules almost gently. "Not everyone is. Otherwise we'd probably all be Autumn. Anyway... do you think you'll be okay now? I should probably get back to what I was doing."