Falling.
falling asleep, falling through immaterial darkness in a spaceship, and falling in love all feels exactly the same, so natural and unnatural and sure and unsure. this is the reason our hero loves to travel to the most distant of unknown reaches and to dream. he misses her so completely that he becomes his longing, his actions perfectly embody his desperate feelings of loving and striving. and starving.
once she taught him in her particular loving manner, and it was one of his most dramatic and effective lessons, not to be afraid of falling asleep. you'll automatically breathe, and your heart will still beat.
once she taught him in her particular loving manner, and it was one of his most dramatic and effective lessons, not to be afraid of falling asleep. you'll automatically breathe, and your heart will still beat.