Hope Estheim (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
mynamenotwhoiam) wrote2011-11-04 01:19 am
mynamenotwhoiam) wrote2011-11-04 01:19 am
[Voice]
Why...why won't this stop?!
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I...I keep having nightmares.
Y-your mother?
[This would be much less awkward for Terra if this was in person. Sob]
[This would be much less awkward for Terra if this was in person. Sob]
Y-yeah. I...watched her die...the day I became a l'Cie.
Perhaps you haven't given the right command?
[ sob, this would end better if she weren't used to being a machine, I foresee this ]
[ sob, this would end better if she weren't used to being a machine, I foresee this ]
I...I can't just make nightmares go away like that.
[Terra is momentarily speech... though he manages to find his voice soon enough.]
Oh. Oh, Hope, I...
[What does he even say to that?]
Is there anything I can do?
Oh. Oh, Hope, I...
[What does he even say to that?]
Is there anything I can do?
I dunno. This isn't the first time I've had dreams like this, but they've never lasted so long before.
That's unfortunate. I was hoping that I might be able to halt mine with some form of command, but it's not working for me, either.
Will you be okay?
Will you be okay?
I'll be fine. This...this isn't the first time I've had dreams like these.
It isn't? If they're anything like my own, they're rather disturbing. Beings shouldn't be suffering through unpleasantness during their recharging stage. Makes this whole slumber thing rather pointless.
I'd rather think about these things at night than during the day.
I'm...used to not sleeping that well.
I'm...used to not sleeping that well.
I'd rather not think about them at all.
Isn't that strange, though? Shouldn't it be a time of res? I thought that was the purpose of it — unless I'm completely mistaken, which I doubt. But then again, I've never had to 'sleep' before.
Isn't that strange, though? Shouldn't it be a time of res? I thought that was the purpose of it — unless I'm completely mistaken, which I doubt. But then again, I've never had to 'sleep' before.
You're not human, are you?
Just because we're supposed to sleep at night, it doesn't always mean we can.
Just because we're supposed to sleep at night, it doesn't always mean we can.
I'm not meant to be of flesh, but for the moment I have no choice, if that's what you mean.
No, I suppose that is a point. One doesn't always have the power to control how things should be. What do you usually do when you cannot rest?
No, I suppose that is a point. One doesn't always have the power to control how things should be. What do you usually do when you cannot rest?
I...
I'm usually around other people, so there's not really that much I can do. I just have to hope I stop thinking about whatever made me so upset that I couldn't sleep.
I'm usually around other people, so there's not really that much I can do. I just have to hope I stop thinking about whatever made me so upset that I couldn't sleep.
Maybe you should think about something pleasant in place of what's haunting your rest.
[ a beat ]
Like kittens. I hear people are fond of kittens. Or puppies.
[ a beat ]
Like kittens. I hear people are fond of kittens. Or puppies.
[Hope makes an "uh-huh" sound as he shakes his head.]
That kind of stuff never helps. It's not enough.
That kind of stuff never helps. It's not enough.
That's unfortunate. Perhaps, then, you should try to surround yourself with people if that's helped you before?
It doesn't make any difference. The nightmares still come.
But there is comfort in the presence of others, isn't there?
Y-yeah...it does, at least a little.
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