Andrew shakes his head vehemently. "Not like wizardry. Something else. He can ... he's got a sort of high-powered charisma. He can draw people. Charm them. Make them like him." He swallows. "And under the, the right physical circumstances, he can ... drain people's life-energy. Which is why I was so tired all the time after we, after we started ..."

For god's sake, why is this still so hard to say --

"Sleeping together."