"It wasn't a very good analogy. I'm not sure how else to put it."

Nod.

"...I find myself craving apples now."

"Well, hopefully there are some at home."

"...have you concluded you would like me to continue kissing you?"

"Always. I didn't realize I'd been unclear on that."

Well, in that case Lucette would like to kiss her again before they go and discover whether there are apples for lunch.

YAY

Eventually instead of kissing, there is lunch, with an apple pie being prepared for the evening.

Lunch is important for things like being alive to kiss Lucette again in the future.

The next time Lucette schedules a haunting, she uncharacteristically doesn't come and slip into Annie's bed afterwards.

Annie gives her an extra fifteen minutes and then creeps just into range of her room to see if the demon is still there.

It is not.

Then she hurries the rest of the way, and falls down the stairs once, and picks herself up and resumes hurrying, and knocks -

Lucette has no idea what to say in reply, so she is just going to stare at the door.

She's still alive, her heart is beating, she's breathing - "Lucette, whatever it told you it's not true - please can I come in -"

...Can Annie see her nod.

Yes! Is the door unlocked?

No, Lucette forgot about that.

"The door is locked. If you can't get up I can try to find something to pick it with?"

Lucette can get up and open it.

And now an Annie is hugging her really tight.

Annie can do that and Lucette can't actually prevent herself from leaning into it, but she's not going to hug back.

"What was it? It's lying, it lies every time, whatever it said -"

"Said that my not loving you back was making you miserable."

"The fact that I am mind controlled gives me the occasional issue and it is not your fault."