Chapter 6. You Like Him

He shrugs in irritation, slumps back down in his seat, and picks up his fork absentmindedly. I know he’s told me this before, but it still silences me, and I stare at my food with a little defeat. I don’t know what else to say to put his mind at ease.

“Maybe Alora’s right, though. By binding your gifts, I might have bound your natural ability to dream and work through your problems in the sleep state. Which is normal for all people, and now you can do it. Maybe this is nothing more than Alora symbolizing your whole world, your people, our home, me, your responsibility, this land, and you feel responsible for it all. That in your disconnected state, it was somehow highlighting you feel overwhelmed with the huge responsibility and maybe feel that one little taking your eye off the ball will result in your striking down your heart…your world. Which she was in your dream. Dreams don’t have to be more than that, even visions sometimes.” Sierra must sense his confusion too, and her