1.2; burning

[bitchykid]

[written at 1AM, it looks like a rat fell in some ink and had a seizure, things scratched out and half written, droplets of ink all over.]

I don't know-- [blacked out]

Have you ever [Pause. Pause. Pause.] dreamed about someone bu-- dying?

Every night. [line drawn through, too lazy to black out.]

He just. Keeps burning. He's. loo-- burning ✗

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[vsrsbsns]

[ Just circles "burning" ]

[bitchykid]

[he keeps scribbling things, scratching them out, scribble scribble scratch scratch] I can smell-- it's so just b--

[mentis_reae]

That's a common dream.

[bitchykid]

Is it?

[mentis_reae]

Someone dying? Of course.

[bitchykid]

How common?

[payback]

Yes.

[bitchykid]

A lot?

[payback]

A little bit less, these days.

[bitchykid]

What makes it less? Time?

[cowboy_newsie]

Sometimes. Don't make them real, though.

[bitchykid]

It seemedr eal.

[cowboy_newsie]

You'll forget it by tomorrow. Just takes a while to shake off sometimes.

[bitchykid]

It's been two weeks. [Messy smeary pen taps] Every night.

[trenchcoatmagic]

More than a couple of times. Having difficulty staying asleep then?

[bitchykid]

Yeah, I [pause] just woke up. Again.

[trenchcoatmagic]

How old are you again?

[bitchykid]

Nineteen.