"S'fine," he repeats. Pause. "... The death wasn' - the - you came back. Eventually."
"You came back," he repeats. "'nd I made the pox go 'way. Sucked, but - s'not your fault."
"I haven't dreamed her dying yet but - I decided to start breathing again when you asked me - and I still don't know if I decided not to, the last time."
"And I wasn't getting better, I know, I know, but I did want to stay for you."
(Aydanci - he, he was being selfish, anyway.)
That's okay. Sylvi's well on her way back to sleep too. She is all snuggled. Nightmares might find themselves slightly impeded by this fact.
He'd be happy with that, except he is now definitely asleep.
Sylvi wakes up nice and warm and snuggled and not in the least inclined to get up right away.
That is Avedan's default. The - not getting up right away part, anyway. So Sylvi can be snuggled for a while!
"Yeah. You don't remember? One of Aly's close calls. Not her death yet, still. Maybe I can skip it. Lu never caught up with all the dreams..."
"Also then while you were snuggling me I said I loved you and you said you loved me. Then we went back to sleep."
Blink blink. Followed by some thinking.
"... I stand by my statement. The one I don't remember making at - whatever hour of the night it was. Whoops."