Exhausted (Jaela; 85 days left)

[Corwin]

"Thanks, you two," Jaela mutters with all the gratefulness she can muster, sipping the offered water.

[Anastasia]

You drink. After, you feel a cool cloth on your forehead, cooling you and wiping your brow clean. Then your cheeks and the sides of your neck, not a word said amid this.

[Corwin]

Jaela rests, waiting for Priest's arrival. Though she doesn't struggle to remain conscious, since he could examine her just as well regardless of whether she's awake.

[Anastasia]

You are drifting away when you hear Priest say something. You miss it, but it stirs you. Blinking your eyes open, you see him over you, a hand on your forehead as he gazes down at you.

"Rest," he says, "I am ascertaining your condition."

[Corwin]

She nods as best she can from her supine position and closes her eyes anew.

[Anastasia]

You drift in fever, dozing. It's not long before Priest's words stir you.

"You are not ill. You are merely spiritually overwhelmed by direct contact with the Triune," Priest says, "The dreams are a mere side effect of that. Worry not, there are no signs of diabolical influence on you. As for the nature of the dreams, is not Sehanine Moonbow one of the Triune, and she rules over dreams. Dreams are ethereal things that speak truths hidden in lies, half meanings and misdirections.""

[Corwin]

"Thanks," Jaela mumbles, drifting off to sleep once more.

[Anastasia]

You sleep.

You dream.

You lie in your bed, 27 sitting next to you. He's the size of a housecat and looks out at the horizon before you, the end of a starry night giving way to the dawn.

"Are you hungry? 27 asks.

[Corwin]

"No. Is it morning?"

[Anastasia]

"Almost," 27 replies, "We'll see if it's a good morning or a bad morning. I'm scared."

[Corwin]

"Why are you scared?" she asks with a sigh.

[Anastasia]

"I don't want you to die," 27 says in a small voice, "You may still die in the final battles. Losing people hurts. I miss Ithea."

[Corwin]

"Ithea isn't dead," Jaela immediately corrects him. "And everyone can die in the final battle. I don't want to die, either, but I can't avoid the risk entirely."

[Anastasia]

27 looks down, "She's watching you, Jaela. Mei sees more than you think she sees."

[Corwin]

"Like what? I don't underestimate my friends, I know she's awesome, but you seem to be going for something specific."