Morning comes early to those who don't sleep well. Maybe it was a habit carried over from childhood or perhaps it was the result of having seen so many of the horrible things people are capable of but Spencer never had much of an opportunity to sleep past the early hours of the morning. Today it seemed that he was doomed to wake at three. After spending a futile half hour trying to get back to sleep and being unable to shut the thoughts, that followed him from the depths of the dark abyss that was his dreams this evening, from his mind he finally decided to look around the cabin a little more.
While wondering around he noticed some one moving around in the kitchen and went to see who it was. To his surprise Ran was there and seemed to have been up for some time himself. Having nothing else to do and enjoying the company even if the other didn't know he was there yet, Spencer sat down at the island counter to watch what the other was doing. For a few minutes it appeared that he was moving around with a fluid grace that spoke of a controlled but easy person. He knew what he was doing and was completely at ease in his environment. It didn't take long before a bowl of fruit and some cereal appeared in front of him quickly followed by Ran himself and what appeared to be his meal of fish and rice. With a questioning look about the presence of the meal when he didn't recall ever having mentioned preferred breakfast foods although this is what Reid would have chosen for himself.
"Gideon sent a menu of foods the team liked to eat or had on a regular basis so that you could be comfortable here for the week." Ran answered to the unspoken question. After eating in silence for a few more minutes he continued with,"if you are having trouble sleeping you may find the library to be of interest or perhaps the gardens. Even at night they are quite safe the local wildlife are used to my being there and tend to be cautious of the area. You may see the animals moving through but as long as you give them their distance they'll leave you alone."
"How did you know I wasn't sleeping well at night?" Spencer was a bit puzzled because he was sure he hadn't said anything.
"Anyone who sleeps well doesn't aimlessly float around a place trying not to wake others from their dreams. I saw you long before you made it to the kitchen. I'm not upset nor do I mind for I often find myself cast out of my dreams by those that inhabit them as well." There were a lot of unsaid things in that quiet statement.
"What do you see in your dreams?" The question was stated before Reid even thought about what he was saying or that the same thing could be asked of him. As he realized what he had just asked an uneasy silence descended on the pair.
When it seemed that there would be no answer Ran finally replied in a very quiet voice. "I see many things some are no more than shape drifting here and gone never fully realized. Those aren't what keep a person from their dreams though and I suspect you know that well. No most nights it things from the past. Some times those you fail come to you and want to know why. Why couldn't you have been faster or known sooner why couldn't you save them. Others could have been different if things had happened differently. Some times it's a person that I should have seen through, or maybe some one that was over looked until it was to late. There are those that I owe my life to and those that owe their lives to me. I dream of many things few of them are pleasant. However I don't think you came to speak of what keeps a person from sleep but, maybe to find some thing that would allow you to let some of your phantoms rest if only for awhile." With that Spencer was escorted to a library he hadn't seen before and left lookin for something that might interest him.