[ Given what she's learned already, she can hardly disagree. Once her eyes are back on him, she manages another, slightly easier smile that lingers only for a moment before the mention of her lack of sleep makes it ebb. Ah, but she can hardly blame him when she would worry too, were their positions reversed. So she against tugs the corners of her mouth upward with her wry, ]
We might both be hallucinating.
[ But as deflections go, it's not much of one because she gives in immediately thereafter, letting go of the brief attempt at humor to allow herself a quiet sigh. ]
You're right. I wish I were. [ Oh boy, does she. ] But there have been these nightmares.... [ Which she seems reluctant to elaborate on, if her tone is any indication. ] I've hardly been able to sleep. [ And since they've both been seeing things, she figures it's worth asking, ] That hasn't been happening to you, has it?
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[ Given what she's learned already, she can hardly disagree. Once her eyes are back on him, she manages another, slightly easier smile that lingers only for a moment before the mention of her lack of sleep makes it ebb. Ah, but she can hardly blame him when she would worry too, were their positions reversed. So she against tugs the corners of her mouth upward with her wry, ]
We might both be hallucinating.
[ But as deflections go, it's not much of one because she gives in immediately thereafter, letting go of the brief attempt at humor to allow herself a quiet sigh. ]
You're right. I wish I were. [ Oh boy, does she. ] But there have been these nightmares.... [ Which she seems reluctant to elaborate on, if her tone is any indication. ] I've hardly been able to sleep. [ And since they've both been seeing things, she figures it's worth asking, ] That hasn't been happening to you, has it?