He dreamed, and he fell, and he saw and--
Tal woke up gasping, drenched in sweat and with his heart racing in a chest that felt far too small to contain the thundering pressure of dread that filled him. Everything had been so clear, so frightfully real, and he scrubbed at his eyes as if he could erase the sight of the heart of that dark crystal. A shiver ran down his spine, chasing a bead of sweat, and he swallowed hard against the dryness in his mouth.
As dreams went that had been really fucked up.
And why had he dreamed of those people at the end? Flora made sense maybe; they'd been working on cleaning that Void Horror up. But the rest...
He shook his head, pulse beginning to slow as he pulled in ragged breaths and looked around at the walls of his familiar cabin aboard the half-repaired Peregrine. Boreal whimpered in her sleep beneath his hammock and he slowly lowered himself to reach down and scratch her head. "Yeah... me too, girl," he murmured roughly.
But it was just a nightmare, right? Maybe he could ask Sunjata about it when he got back to King's End...
But it was going to be a long time before he got back to sleep tonight.
Tal woke up gasping, drenched in sweat and with his heart racing in a chest that felt far too small to contain the thundering pressure of dread that filled him. Everything had been so clear, so frightfully real, and he scrubbed at his eyes as if he could erase the sight of the heart of that dark crystal. A shiver ran down his spine, chasing a bead of sweat, and he swallowed hard against the dryness in his mouth.
As dreams went that had been really fucked up.
And why had he dreamed of those people at the end? Flora made sense maybe; they'd been working on cleaning that Void Horror up. But the rest...
He shook his head, pulse beginning to slow as he pulled in ragged breaths and looked around at the walls of his familiar cabin aboard the half-repaired Peregrine. Boreal whimpered in her sleep beneath his hammock and he slowly lowered himself to reach down and scratch her head. "Yeah... me too, girl," he murmured roughly.
But it was just a nightmare, right? Maybe he could ask Sunjata about it when he got back to King's End...
But it was going to be a long time before he got back to sleep tonight.
