The dream itself--or dreams, as it seems to be, because it really was too much to hope that they wouldn't last--didn't bother Ankh all that much. It's not that they don't affect him, but when he wakes up, he exists, and Eiji is there with him, and it's enough.
The side effect of all this that he didn't think to expect is how those dreams affect other people. Not just Eiji, but practically everyone. Everything normal on the surface, but underneath it all, a pervasive desire to go home or to be with people who aren't here that probably no one but Ankh even sees. The more he's been out and about, the more obvious it is, and the more it resonates, and it's for that exact reason that he's presently alone in his apartment attempting to ignore the world.
Well, not quite alone. There's a hawk laying very comfortably in his lap, thoroughly enjoying the feeling of fingers ruffling through her feathers.
"You came from somewhere, too." An observation, and one he's made before, but never bothered to think much about. If the zoo has real animals, then they must have been brought in from somewhere just like the people here were. Gavina is a species he recognises, so she's from Earth, or something very similar. Given the past few days, he can't help wondering exactly where and when, though the comment prompts nothing but a mildly perplexed look from the bird. It's not as if he expected anything different. "You don't seem to miss it, though. I guess you're lucky."
lalala sometime later~
The side effect of all this that he didn't think to expect is how those dreams affect other people. Not just Eiji, but practically everyone. Everything normal on the surface, but underneath it all, a pervasive desire to go home or to be with people who aren't here that probably no one but Ankh even sees. The more he's been out and about, the more obvious it is, and the more it resonates, and it's for that exact reason that he's presently alone in his apartment attempting to ignore the world.
Well, not quite alone. There's a hawk laying very comfortably in his lap, thoroughly enjoying the feeling of fingers ruffling through her feathers.
"You came from somewhere, too." An observation, and one he's made before, but never bothered to think much about. If the zoo has real animals, then they must have been brought in from somewhere just like the people here were. Gavina is a species he recognises, so she's from Earth, or something very similar. Given the past few days, he can't help wondering exactly where and when, though the comment prompts nothing but a mildly perplexed look from the bird. It's not as if he expected anything different. "You don't seem to miss it, though. I guess you're lucky."