SD:H interlude

I pop back into the staircase once more, the hallway and the street now more easily appearing as each other than in the last dream reimagining. I know I can expect to find her there when I come by, and so she is. She gleams like she did the first time I saw her in person while awake, all lines made straight and clear. I walk up toward her "I don't know that I'll ever get used to the sight of you, or that I would ever fully want to." She smiles. 

I continue, "I can't stay long, I just wanted to pop in and say hello. Today has been such a strange day; waves of primal emotion demanding immediate consideration, but nothing that threatened my long term balance like in episodes past. Moments I could feel you almost walking in but then sharply fading away- like you're pacing outside somewhere debating a grand entrance, but now without the sharp disappointment each time- like a dagger in the back. It is like these forces are morphing into something more manageable, without losing their overall potency. I am reassured by the events of the day, let's say, anyway."

She giggles at me, always mixing in a bit of nonsense with my wisdom. "Oh, speaking of mixing! I'm making a new wake up trigger for us. 'it's poisoned'". I smile wide and then scrunch up my tiny mouth to finish the statement for her in my goofy little voice "with grapes."

We laugh and I give her a hug. Just like that the scene ends, but it feels like it may have simply transitioned to somewhere else. Time and dream shall tell if one hug ended where the other began.