His sister Miranda walked over and sat down on the bed next to him, pulling at a strand of hair that fell in front of her eyes and letting out another disgusted sigh. "This whole situation's so fucked up beyond anything..."

Stephen looked at her again for a moment. "Okay, sorry, you need to catch me up on something and fast..."

Her eyes glanced over at the box in his hands. "Why don't you ask that box thing of yours? It's the one that caused this whole mess in the first place..."