- DEX -
Okay, so I didn't come early to visit Raya this morning with the plan to say all that. I wasn't going to tell her about the dream at all, because as freaked out as I am about it, I can only imagine how freaked out it would make her—even if she's having dreams like that of her own.
But there's something about Raya. She's entirely familiar, and not just because of dreams like this. It can't be, because it's not just physical. When I look into her eyes, when I hear her voice, and when I start talking… nothing seems off limits. It's like I could tell her anything, and there's a natural desire to be honest with her.
I blame it on the fact that I've kept so many things bottled up for so long, and now she feels like a safe place. Maybe it's because I'm very newly threatened with the idea of losing my father and having neither of my parents in this world anymore. Maybe it's made me emotionally vulnerable this time around rather than hardening me more.
