[ Claire would be glad to know she's a comfort to him; he may be surprised to know that he is to her as well. True, she doesn't know him quite as well, but she's found his familiarity with her feels just as reassuring. Proof that someone here knows her and she isn't alone. ]
[John takes a moment before he continues. Not necessarily because he does not wish to be healed, but because he is concerned that the pain might get worse before it gets better. That is his general experience, at any rate. Stitches, setting of a bone and the like. But if Claire thinks that this is best...]
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[ Claire would be glad to know she's a comfort to him; he may be surprised to know that he is to her as well. True, she doesn't know him quite as well, but she's found his familiarity with her feels just as reassuring. Proof that someone here knows her and she isn't alone. ]
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[John takes a moment before he continues. Not necessarily because he does not wish to be healed, but because he is concerned that the pain might get worse before it gets better. That is his general experience, at any rate. Stitches, setting of a bone and the like. But if Claire thinks that this is best...]
𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓭𝓸 𝓲𝓽. 𝓘𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓓𝓸𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻 𝓢𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓶𝓪𝓷 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓪𝓼𝓴, 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓪𝓶 𝓘 𝓽𝓸 𝓪𝓻𝓰𝓾𝓮.
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[ Though who knows how long it would take to get to Nocwich and see him even if she could. ]
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑓 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑚, ℎ𝑒'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡.
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[He knows that she would, too.]
𝓘 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝔂 𝓼𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓭𝓾𝓵𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓪𝓫𝓵𝔂 𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓷, 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓫𝓮 𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓮.
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𝑊𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛. 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑒𝑡, 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜?
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𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓷, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱 𝓫𝓮 𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓪 𝓸𝓯 𝓲𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂... 𝓕𝓸𝓻𝓮𝓲𝓰𝓷.
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[ The need for food and basic bodily functions don't stop, and nothing in the Horizon counts. ]
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[Forgive him if he does not trust people quite that easily with his unconscious body.]
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𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓋𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝑜𝓃𝒸𝑒. 𝐼𝓉'𝓈 𝓊𝓃𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝐼'𝓋𝑒 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒𝒹. 𝒲𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝒶𝓉, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓊𝓅𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓁, 𝒾𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔.
[ It's why she's compared it to dreaming—it might as well be. ]