It's not often but sometimes Sjin wakes me in the middle of the night. He clings to me, trembling from things he's seen in his dreams. We both understand the source even though the danger is safe behind us. The fear originates from the past where Sjin destroyed the last world and brought Rythian's wrath upon him. Even though Sjin acted like he was fearless, the rage and power in the Enderborns eyes scared him severely.
I wasn't a part of the old world that drowned in fire. The horror was something I heard second hand from Sjin himself. He wouldn't have told me if the dreams never plagued them as they do but they surfaced and I found myself being his only innocence. The one thing that keeps him from being a monster once again. I'm here now. He's not alone. Still though, I wonder about Duncan.
The crazy scientist in the tower also had a hand in the destruction but he doesn't seem to fear Rythian. He's shaken the man by destroying Blackrock hold and almost killing Zoey. You've got to have some serious nerve to even think about trying that, and I seriously believe that caused the enderborn to make peace with Sjin to focus on the real threat. Why else would he forgive Sjin so easily after all that's happened?
Thankfully, that has made the horrific dreams less frequent but they still plague him. It's mostly the same vivid dream every time. Rythian kills me before his eyes before locking him away to torture slowly until he wears away all alone. He always jolts awake when he finally dies in the dream which must be such a terrible thing to relive so many times. I feel useless when he clings to me because there's nothing helpful I can do. It's up to him to move on and realize that the threat is over. All I can do is make sure he doesn't have a hand in the inevitable destruction that will befall this world when Rythian and Duncan finally wage war on each other.