[[Nighttime; June 23rd]]
[Elicia had had
a tough week.
Shuffle, shuffle-the sound of turning blankets and small feet moving back and forth through them. She's been rolling in her sleep for a few minutes now, flipping her hidden journal into a little book tepee, while it records the buzzing air and soft incoherent murmurings of a child dreaming. They'
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... Yeah.
[So lying didn't work out so well. But!!]
B-but I'm not scared! I wasn't scared, I just wanted to hear nice stories so I had something to get rid of the bad ones in my dreams!
[I'M REALLY BRAVE, OKAY. ;;]
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Are you alright?
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I just... I couldn't fall asleep, that's all. So maybe a story'd help me.
[Because stories make it easier to drift to sleep, right?]
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Hmm...
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I like all kinds of stories! Any kinds!
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...not quite expecting to find a snoozing Elicia on the front steps, though.]
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Nami gives an uncertain look at the front door. Then she sits down quietly beside the sleeping five year old. Maybe she's having a good dream.
...maybe not. She'll tuck a few bits of hair away from Elicia's face and then sit, one warm hand on her shoulder. She doesn't really wanna wake you up. Though she probably will in another minute or two.]
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[:|a bad dream or good dream. It depends on if there was a tummy ache involved, right?]
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But... huh. Elicia's asking for stories... He can guess at the reason, too. He'd always wanted to do the same thing when he got bad dreams.]
I can think of a few good stories. My caretakers used to tell them to me when I had trouble sleeping. [Guy, Natalia, the maids... heh, he even remembers one of the knights reading to him a few times.]
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[I'm eager to hang on your every story-telling word, Luke. :(]
They have to be good, if they helped you sleep!
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