Chapter Four

Interlude II

Dreams

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I float in a soft grayness.

I feel nothing.

There is nothing to fear.

I wonder why that concerns me, and decide that it shouldn't.

It's quiet here.

Safe.

The grayness rocks me, lulling me into sleep.

I dream.

I dream that someone lays his hand on my back, gently soothing me, then pulls away.

I dream of a door closing.

I dream that someone lays a blanket across me, carefully tucking it in around me.

I dream.

And then I fall into the nothingness, and there are no more dreams.