"So you had two dreams last night?" William put one hand on the steering wheel, and only part of his sight was on the Yellow River in front of him. Most of it was wandering on the hills along the coast, always controlling the course in the middle of the river.
Since returning to the ship and getting rid of the distrust of the earth and stone beneath his feet, his mental state has improved as the voyage has lengthened. It would have been better if there hadn't been someone who repeatedly jumped at night.
The river was calm and the waves did not require much energy to frequently turn the helm, so the captain could still chat with the visitors.
"If dreaming about waking up counts as waking up, it's two." Probably no one has invented a standard definition method, and Kraft doesn't know whether to distinguish it in terms of coherence or content, so he can only describe it generally, "two."
Nested, connected dreams.”
"Dreams within dreams are not unusual."
"But the content is very special, so I want to know if you have dreamed about those things recently." Based on the principle of parallel comparison, only having a control sample can expose the differences. After experiencing these things, who can guarantee that it is not the case?
What psychological problems did you get from being scared?
Since we want to compare, we have to ensure that the conditions are similar. The only two people here who have had deep experiences together are Coop and William.
The former did not sleep well, but most of it was related to the first attack. The retinue made good use of the special training results and was able to swing the weapon correctly and move the hammer head appropriately without hurting himself.
Speed is delivered to every enemy.
Once you are freed from the tense battle, the death numbness caused by intense emotions ebbs faster than the half-life of short-acting drugs.
When the sun came up the next day and I could clearly see the achievements I had made, the excitement of being recognized for my first retinue internship last night was completely gone. What followed was a kind of confusion and fear - how could people actually do this?
So fragile.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguoyuedu to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. Yeguoyuedu is available for Android and Apple.]
You can see yourself in the body of the deceased. Since life can quickly pass away from those wounds, whether human or non-human, then when the same fate comes to find yourself, life will not stay for him for one more second.
The content related to violence and death has troubled Coop for a long time. He also sought guidance from Kraft, but Kraft did not directly explain "why people inflict such terrible violence on their own kind, and how to achieve self-reconciliation."
experience.
Indirect experience from elders said that the veterans he knew rarely had similar situations, and even if they did, they would pass quickly. Now that I think about it, it may be survivor bias.
As a result, content related to broken bones, collapsed chests, and unfettered blood frequently appeared in the dream. Mr. Shou must rely on himself to overcome this level and truly obtain the "certificate."
Kraft also confirmed that Koop's situation was completely different from his own, so he boarded the deck to find William, who seemed to be suffering from "terrestrial phobia".
Obviously, the latter did not want to talk about topics related to hills and caves, especially those related to the deep. He turned his head away, touched his dry beard, and coughed twice, which probably meant that he heard it.
Then nothing more happened. The two of them stood in the earth-smelling crosswind of the river valley, watching the sailors adjust the angle of the main sail. To the rhythm of a friendly northern-accented barge song, the mast was pulled to the correct position step by step.
, to ensure that the boat will not be blown to one side of the river bank.
This is of course also William's request. Even if the occasional green and yellow vegetation spots on the low hills on the shore show that they are approaching the edge of the southern hills, when you pay attention, the haunting black holes still appear everywhere in the mountains from time to time, each one of them.
Indicating the existence of that terrible thing, the larger ones are still clearly visible across the wide river.
He would imagine that in distant times, they dominated the earth's surface like whales dominating the sea, jumping out frequently and raining rocks and rocks. The devastated southern hills are witnesses of that terrible time.
The distance of tens of meters from the shore did not make him feel safe at all when he saw those cave entrances. He often had to watch them disappear completely from his sight and enter the next twists and turns of the river.
Perhaps only when he entered the familiar ocean and lost sight of half of the land could he truly feel at ease.
Fortunately, this goal is not far away. When we reach the confluence with the Teme River, we can see the mouth of the sea in the distance, and then we will start the sea journey back to Solace Harbor.
"In two days, we can enter the Teme River and say goodbye to these things forever." William turned his head back. His gaze always made people feel that he was always wary of the hills along the coast. It was rare to stop for a moment. "You can't let me
How many days will you be safe?"
There was some resentment in his tone, like an evil ghost who hadn't slept for several days. It's easy to understand, if someone occupied his exclusive territory for several days in a row, often making noises at night, drawing swords in the air, and talking about scary and real dreams,
It makes him mentally weak and he will not have peace of mind. Even if that person just rescued him from hell.
The transformation of William's beard from oily high-grade fur to unkempt grass in the southern hills is half due to deep layer, 10% to bad air environment, and the rest is all due to Kraft.
"Just a simple question, I promise I won't describe those things to you, okay?" Kraft raised his hands to show that he was absolutely harmless, and gave up telling William about the series of encounters in the depths of Wendeng Port, so as not to inconvenience him.
The already unstable mental state and hair quality worsened.
During two contact experiences, Kraft unexpectedly discovered that he might be a little bit different by observing other people's reactions.
Taking William and Kupp as an example, the huge impact caused some changes in their three views. The creeping things in the deep tide destroyed the influence of the church in half their lives at once, and changed Kupp to a certain extent.
William's general outlook on life was more significantly affected by this experience, which directly reversed his understanding of water and land.
Kraft, on the other hand, showed a kind of miraculous stability. He didn't know if he should describe it this way. Even if nothing else was mentioned, the near-death experience alone was impactful enough; merging new senses, level transfer and normal senses.
The conflicts are uncoordinated, not to mention a complete mental illness, but some functional impairment is normal.
In fact, before this, he had never experienced any abnormality that would affect his normal life. Therefore, after being troubled by nightmares for days, in addition to reflecting on his mental state, he also put on the agenda the consideration of other possibilities.
"Alright alright."
It seems that if he doesn't answer this question today, he won't be able to drive away Kraft. William reluctantly recalled his recent sleep situation. To be honest, the part that is closest to a nightmare is Kraft's narration. There seems to be a kind of description in that description.
Magic, there is an atmosphere beyond words permeating the words, pouring those deep and abnormal experiences into the mind.
The narrator himself was not aware of this, but the listener was tossing and turning with the real feeling of being on the scene again, unable to fall asleep, and finally fell asleep when he was physically unable to support it. The exhaustion of being forced to stay up late actually made him fall asleep.
It smells so good that I don't even have the energy to dream.
"No, I don't have this symptom at all. I hope to hear something more pleasant when I come next time, such as how we are going to turn this secret into a pile of gold coins." Now there is only the original intention of this journey -
Only Westminster gold coins can soothe his soul. As for Kraft, it is better to disappear from the deck as soon as possible.
