4.2 Indication

Afflicted by apprehension, you spend the next week distracting yourself with study. The promise of prayer all but left your mind the moment you returned home. By the week’s end, when the thought finally returns, you somewhat hesitantly reject it. Nikias seemed sufficiently confident in his ability to oversee his intentions. Repressing your feelings of guilt, you resolve to further divert your attention. Staying up late into the night, you only retire to bed when you can no longer focus on the writing before you. Leaving the scrolls out, you wearily lie down and quickly slip into unconsciousness. Finding yourself in a dreamless sleep, you wake up a short time later, still surrounded by darkness. Glancing around, you can just barely see the outline of one of your windows. Hesitantly, you make your way towards it and peer outside. Bright stars shine above in the otherwise pitch black sky. Breathing in, you find the humid air almost suffocating. Frowning, you become acutely aware something does not feel right. Taking a closer look around, you notice the objects you can make out appear slightly distorted.

Running your hand across the wooden window sill, you find it unnaturally smooth. After some thought, you can only conclude that you are simply dreaming. Relaxing marginally, you continue observing the twinkling stars. A few moments later, an abnormally bright falling star cuts across the dark sky. With it a sense of calm seems to possess your body. As the object slowly fades away into the distance, you find your mind running through a series of thoughts. You remain there for another minute before returning to your bed. The next morning you awake to find everything appearing normal again. Once you have risen, you set about preparing for your day. Just as you are finishing readying, you are told you have a visitor. The feeling of apprehension returns as you were not expecting to meet with anyone today. Requesting a few minutes to prepare, your mind slips back to your previous thoughts. Eventually dismissing them, you follow your escort out.