Fear and... everything else. To make us easier to sacrifice.
[He's still not completely sure what he's doing in the lake; it's as unclear as everything else, he didn't even quite register the water beyond the familiar sound of it -- something he'd heard for years, sometimes in his dreams, the rain and the dark. At this point, with the more high-strung emotions draining away he's too tired to make sense of it.]
... Thanks. For the barrier.
[Go figure, defense is still the best offense when it comes to this place. Something like that.
At least he can be grateful for that much: in that sense, the new visions are less dangerous than the old, the ones that would have him believe there was an enemy around every corner. Sometimes, speaking to him in full daylight, their forms melting and twisting seamlessly into something a lot bigger and more familiar. Constantly trying to hold himself back and differentiate the realities is almost more tiring than this.]
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[He's still not completely sure what he's doing in the lake; it's as unclear as everything else, he didn't even quite register the water beyond the familiar sound of it -- something he'd heard for years, sometimes in his dreams, the rain and the dark. At this point, with the more high-strung emotions draining away he's too tired to make sense of it.]
... Thanks. For the barrier.
[Go figure, defense is still the best offense when it comes to this place. Something like that.
At least he can be grateful for that much: in that sense, the new visions are less dangerous than the old, the ones that would have him believe there was an enemy around every corner. Sometimes, speaking to him in full daylight, their forms melting and twisting seamlessly into something a lot bigger and more familiar. Constantly trying to hold himself back and differentiate the realities is almost more tiring than this.]