[Casey tilts his head subtly into the pets, drawing strength from the weight on his shoulders, feeling grounded by it. His breathing is steady, occasionally hitched with emotion but not quick or panicked. He's still feeling a lingering sense of being overwhelmed, but not panicked.]

He searched until he found a fragment, and... he said he could feel it. Leo's spirit, but- older. Much older. He thought it must be him. That's when he told April, and she told me. We both went to meet him there last night. It took all night, but we... we got all the pieces. We put it together. And- and then sensei was... he was there. I felt him. He, um. [He rests a hand against his chest, over his heart.] He kind of... possessed me?

[This part's weird, sorry Mom.]