It was not asleep. It was cataloging her.
She tried to pay back in reverse—return what had been taken—but the attic refused. "We accept only living obligations," Vega said. "Dead debts cannot be handed back." Parasited.22.10.17.Agatha.Vega.The.Attic.XXX.10...
"If I close the door," she asked, "will you leave?" It was not asleep