I Have a Bond House

I make a living by absorbing the emotions of others, and my wife and children are my first and most perfect nourishment. ... In the last days when the system is collapsing, everyone says that my bond house is the last beacon of mankind - but they don't know that every cure I give is extracting their souls, and every hope I give is deepening my cage. I laughed when all the forces wanted to destroy or take possession of this bond house. What they are fighting for is just a tentacle that I extend out into the world and turn all human beings into emotional storage batteries.