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Yeah, me too.

[He pauses, as if bothered by something. The rest of the sentence comes in a rush.]

Hey, doc. That...uh, altercation your boyfriend had. Is it something I should be worried about? I try and keep on top of the dangerous ones, and if he was hurt or whatever by someone -

I dunno. I'm a real good liar, but I ain't a fighter or anything. I mean, you got me down in one move. I just - I'm trying to be real good, you know? Stay out of trouble.

Avalon seems to target particular people. Have you met them?

[Aaron seems suddenly younger, his voice small.]

Yeah. They - took me to the Enclosure. Attacked me. I was so fucking - I don't know. So scared. I didn't fight back. They kept going, asking why I wouldn't.

I - I don't know. They're fucking scary.

Avalon attacked you? Did they kill you? Did you tell anyone?

They didn't kill me.

I didn't say anything because I didn't want to give my secret away. I think they suspected and saying they attacked me might have - I dunno. Fucked me over.

Do you think they were interested in you because they thought you had the disorder? Will has a different disorder, but it seems to be the nexus of their interest in him.

Maybe.

Doc, what happened?

Avalon is very dangerous. If they have expressed an interest in you, you should let Jesus know.

I will.

Thanks for the warning. Guess I didn't realize it were that bad.

They're that bad. And I'd hate to see something happen to you.

Eh, doc. You worry too much.

Only about people I like.

Aww, I'm flattered.

Hey, what do you know about nightmares? How to get rid of them or sleep through them?

Are they nightmares related to memories?

Kinda, yeah.

Dealing with those requires processing the trauma behind them. Are you ready to work on that?

Ugh. No.

Okay, well. Until you are, there are some exercises you can do with your mind that might help mitigate them.

Like what?

Are you familiar with the concept of lucid dreaming?

Uh, no, not really.

Basically, it’s a technique where you train yourself to control your actions in dreams. So say you often have a nightmare where you go into a particular room and inside that room you get stabbed. As you learn to take control, you could - when you see that door in a dream - lock the door instead of opening it. That redirects the dream and your subconscious.

Yeah, that. I want to do that.

It takes practice. So tonight when you go to sleep, focus on changing any one thing in any dream.

It's that easy?

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