“Oh yes,” they hissed. “We know all about the waiting. There are so many of you here waiting to be claimed. Stay, then, and join the guardians of these grounds, but know that you will be confined to the shadows. The daylight will reveal your true nature, and you will be hunted.” “This is nothing so new,” I said. “I was hunted in the daylight for my true nature in life. Why not in death, too?”