That Night...

That night, I found myself becoming more troubled as I drifted closer and closer to sleep. In my heart I feared another dream like that of the night before. I slept under the stars in the forest, with Astra just beside me. I was filled with intense longing for her as well as desire, but it made me joyful because it reassured me that I was still human. It was strange how close I felt to her considering that we had only known each other for a few days and with all the things weighing down upon us had had few opportunities to talk. I can look back on my feelings for her with some amount of detachment now, and I know that there was indeed a genuine bond between us. I had placed my life in her hands without a second thought--at my suggestion, she held a dagger in her hand in case I should begin to fully transform in the night.

As it grew later, though, I found I was not becoming tired. Indeed, the later it grew, the more restless I felt. My senses, it seemed, had grown sharper, and I could hear clearly the quietest noises of the night. They filled me with dread although I knew there was no danger here save myself.

All of this happened many months before I was given this book, but even now I remember that night as if it were yesterday, though perhaps in part it is because a sharper memory is one of the advantages of this form, as is the ability to learn skills faster. At any rate, I found that far from being tired I could barely stay still for a moment. I thought I could hear a wrathrful, dreadful roaring surrounding me. But as I looked up in the clear night sky there was nothing. I then felt an intense desire to run from something, to be alone. I bolted out from sleep. As I looked down at Astra, I no longer felt any closeness to her, but rather uneasiness and fear. With no clothing on I ran off into the woods.

1. Astra immediately awakened.
2. As she was still worn down from everything that had happened, it was still some time before she awakened.

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