[ It's a while after the tree has been here. And after all the dreams in that strange forest world, there are certain things that have been weighing heavily on Royce. He has a lot of nightmares. They seem to surge up and come in droves, and they're all based around two things, two of the worst things Royce has ever been through - Norfinbury, and Manzant.
It's the worst when they combine together. Alfie probably wakes to Royce thrashing a few times, or to an empty bed, with Royce out in the kitchen curled up in the booth-table with a cup of coffee, trying to keep himself awake.
The only way to get these out of his head, he thinks, is to go through it again. Like listening to a song that's been stuck in your head. There's really only one person - well, one person here - that he trusts to pull him out if it gets too bad. And... well, he wants Alfie to see it. He's been meaning to.
So one afternoon (after a night of particularly terrible sleeping patterns), Royce goes to find Alfie, leaf in hand. ]
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It's the worst when they combine together. Alfie probably wakes to Royce thrashing a few times, or to an empty bed, with Royce out in the kitchen curled up in the booth-table with a cup of coffee, trying to keep himself awake.
The only way to get these out of his head, he thinks, is to go through it again. Like listening to a song that's been stuck in your head. There's really only one person - well, one person here - that he trusts to pull him out if it gets too bad. And... well, he wants Alfie to see it. He's been meaning to.
So one afternoon (after a night of particularly terrible sleeping patterns), Royce goes to find Alfie, leaf in hand. ]