Lifeline

[rinue]

Every night, Patrick dreams his own death. This is one of the first things I learned about him -- one of our earliest conversations. The means differ, but it's most often a gun. Sometimes he knows the attacker; other times not. I had forgotten; it had slipped my mind until I wished him pleasant dreams tonight, and he thanked me very seriously.

He and Valancy are sleeping in the other room; I am facing one of the worst bouts of insomnia I've had in a while. It's been more than two days since I last slept, and still I am full of energy and wakefulness.

It is in me to wonder if this is not a sign of something larger; Tom and Dee have been having similar problems, from what I understand. Then again, I see patterns in everything; it is both my greatest skill and my greatest weakness.

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[treehavn.livejournal.com]

well, *i* haven't been sleeping, and neither has Gareth (also this might have something to do with the fact that if one of us can't sleep we feel compelled to wake the other and make him/her suffer alongside us). and that was some very bad grammar.
also i visit this newsgroup thingie and half the people have been speculating for weeks like you have. i think its just generalised stress and uncertainty. and stuff. i have to go do the washing up now.