Sabine was supposed to be imaginary, a friend and lover that griffin had created to soothe his loneliness. But she threatens to become embodied--to appear on his doorstep, in fact. So he runs. Faced with the terrifying p...Sabine was supposed to be imaginary, a friend and lover that griffin had created to soothe his loneliness. But she threatens to become embodied--to appear on his doorstep, in fact. So he runs. Faced with the terrifying prospect of meeting his own fictional character, griffin runs.