Jean (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
oneiroscript) wrote2013-05-01 10:38 pm
oneiroscript) wrote2013-05-01 10:38 pm
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It can kill us.
I wasn't sure before, but after tonight I am certain. It is possible for a creature of dream to kill our physical bodies.
A few days ago, I would have given anything to know, with such conviction, that such things exist. That the world is truly as I have always believed: far deeper that its surface reflects.
And on a level, a part of me is thrilled by the realization. If this is confirmed, then what else might I encounter? What other spirits, beasts, or realms might make themselves known? What could I learn from the countless other times I have walked the earth, from those times and those places?
But, on a more immediate and personal level, there is the horror to contend with. A creature that feeds on pain, that steals from souls. A friend, new and yet old, hospitalized from spiritual torture.
We have a battle ahead of us. We are wracked with fear, and yet find reasons to hope. I am very, truly glad that I have found them all, whatever may come. And it will be very satisfying to open our war against this creature. I do believe we will win. These bonds have lasted centuries, and endure against all reason, it cannot break them with lies.
I wasn't sure before, but after tonight I am certain. It is possible for a creature of dream to kill our physical bodies.
A few days ago, I would have given anything to know, with such conviction, that such things exist. That the world is truly as I have always believed: far deeper that its surface reflects.
And on a level, a part of me is thrilled by the realization. If this is confirmed, then what else might I encounter? What other spirits, beasts, or realms might make themselves known? What could I learn from the countless other times I have walked the earth, from those times and those places?
But, on a more immediate and personal level, there is the horror to contend with. A creature that feeds on pain, that steals from souls. A friend, new and yet old, hospitalized from spiritual torture.
We have a battle ahead of us. We are wracked with fear, and yet find reasons to hope. I am very, truly glad that I have found them all, whatever may come. And it will be very satisfying to open our war against this creature. I do believe we will win. These bonds have lasted centuries, and endure against all reason, it cannot break them with lies.
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I'm so glad we found you. And that you didn't kill yourself in my car. And that you've stuck around.
We need you in the group, Jean. For one thing, you can write like *this*, about a topic that mainly makes me want to run around screaming and gibbering like a terrified puppy.
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For one thing, you kept your head and got in control of the situation during that whole bleeding-in-your-car incident.
You've always been someone to face the darkest, most painful parts of the world, and yet hold so firmly to it's light and it's cheer. And I could have been in much worse trouble without you.
Also, it's not that I'm not afraid. The screaming and gibbering instinct is a shared one. It's just... far from the totality of our situation. There's so much else going on here, and although we must face this enemy, I am so very reassured that we do it together.