Journal Text: comfort is a mystery

[mortal_son]

Sender: Shinjiro Aragaki
To: All
Subject: Dream rules?

hey so I got the typical(??) talk from the dream guys here now but

when they say we're dreaming -

do standard "dream rules" apply?? I don't see people flying all over the place, that's a dream thing for most people, right? idek I don't dream much

and what about that thing when people die in dreams? does that mean they wake up and go on with their normal lives?

k thanks for your time

Comments

[mortal_son]

glad you're enjoying it. for some people - maybe your sister's one of them - it kind of feels like a pointless hoop to jump through.

but that's life in general. some things you simply do to prove to people you're making an effort. it's less what you're doing, and more the fact you showed you bothered at all. and society doesn't want to waste time on people who don't bother.

[ectoherbology]

There are a lot of things that society doesn't have much patience for; it rarely matters what you're doing or not doing. That is just how adults can be.

[mortal_son]

right on the money

still, it's good you like school - it'll make things easier down the road

[ectoherbology]

Studying and reading has always been interesting. I like learning about plant life and insects. Tiny ecosystems are strange and fascinating.

I haven't had the chance to read about those for a while, though. I've been busy experimenting and studying what I am dubbing ectoherbology.

[mortal_son]

never read much about them myself.

what's 'ech-' ... 'eto-' ...

[ One moment while he copies those characters slowly, carefully, as he writes them down; ]

ectoherbology ?

[ectoherbology]

I am studying and experimenting with the alchemical and magical effects of binding ghostly ectoplasm and flowers. When I first reunited with Abigail, she was in her flower; I have been discovering ways to combine the living with the dead, blurring the line between them.

[mortal_son]

don't take this the wrong way, kid, but - why?

[ectoherbology]

I won't let Abigail get taken from me again.

[mortal_son]

fair enough

good luck with that, then