1 month, 9 days
The next night, she made it further, but dropped through the floor regardless. The light had started to minutely take shape.
“Euri?”
“‘Sup?” Europa peered over her ...item. It could not accurately be named yet.
“After the City, did you have any weird recurring dreams?”
Europa shook her head. “Weird dreams, yeah, but they’ve never been recurring. Just regular ol’ nightmares and things. Are you?”
She hesitated to share for a second, but this was Euri. Euri knew all of her secrets. “Yeah. They’re weird. Every night, I’m running towards a light in the dark, but I drop through the floor before I ever get to it.”
“That sounds like a pretty cliche ‘I got my Light’ stolen nightmare. You’ve been through the wringer, Cali. It’s honestly not surprising your mind’s going haywire with worst-case scenarios.”
“Yeah, you’re right. Wish my mind was mixing up the content a bit though. And stop dragging Argo into it.”
“Argo’s in your dreams?”
“Yeah, we’re apparently having joint dreams now.”
Euri set down her work. “Is that…”
“Possible?” Cal shrugged. “According to my dreams, yeah.”
Euri shared a concerned glance with her own ghost. “Have you told Nalim about this?”
“No, Nalim’s already got me under lock and key just to keep me from dying of starvation.”
“How dare she.” Euri smirked.
“I don’t want to give her another thing to worry about, especially if it’s just ‘I’m having spooky dreams’” She gave a comically childish pout. “Probably couldn't count the amount of people doing that here with both hands.”
“If it was just nightmares, I’d agree.” Euri shrugged. “At least give me updates, okay?”
Cal frowned.
“oh-KAY?”
“Fiiiine.” She rolled her eyes, but smiled. “I’ll tell you every little detail about me and Argo’s spooky sleep time.”
“Cool. Can I braid your hair?”
“No. You have greasy hands.”
“Come here.”
“NASTY! ALEXI!!!”