Blaine snatched his hand back as if burned. Everything just felt so real! Gentle, he pressed his fingers against the antlers again. "They're real ..." He looked at the young man in his arms with wonder. "You're really real. Some kind of .. of forest spirit, aren't you? Don't you know humans think people like you don't exist?" His hold gentled, but didn't disappear. "Look, I'm sorry. I didn't know your ears were really ears. I just thought all of was a trick, some kind of costume." The crying both made him feel horrible, and got on his nerves. It just didn't seem like the deer-being would ever quiet down to have a sensible conversation.