His aunt and uncle were a subject she Does Not Bring Up. She knows better. They weren't important anymore, that was the important part. And he had new family, anyway. She'd never asked for details. Hadn't met them. Probably didn't want to.
Or maybe did, but for reasons she really shouldn't. Either way, better off that she never did.]
Yeah. Yeah, you're right. Just a nightmare. Not like that's new for any of us, right?
[She wasn't at all convinced. She'd felt what he was feeling. The terror. The feeling of being trapped. The feeling of losing your grasp of reality. If he wasn't a bird right now, she'd probably already be out of the bed and holding him. As it was-]
... We should figure out this dream-sharing thing. If it's just us because we're close, that's one thing, but I don't really like the idea of sharing with the class.
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His aunt and uncle were a subject she Does Not Bring Up. She knows better. They weren't important anymore, that was the important part. And he had new family, anyway. She'd never asked for details. Hadn't met them. Probably didn't want to.
Or maybe did, but for reasons she really shouldn't. Either way, better off that she never did.]
Yeah. Yeah, you're right. Just a nightmare. Not like that's new for any of us, right?
[She wasn't at all convinced. She'd felt what he was feeling. The terror. The feeling of being trapped. The feeling of losing your grasp of reality. If he wasn't a bird right now, she'd probably already be out of the bed and holding him. As it was-]
... We should figure out this dream-sharing thing. If it's just us because we're close, that's one thing, but I don't really like the idea of sharing with the class.