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[ even in the florida heat (does florida even have fall or is it just summer and summer lite? sigh, she wants four seasons again.), abigail had a scarf neatly looped around her throat. she looks exhausted and much like she's sitting up in bed, but considering the video feed comes relatively late at night when night is turning to morning, it may be that she just woke up.

her question is simple and she doesn't waste time leading up to it, just spits it out and lets it soar away into the ether before she can think better of it. ]

Does anyone else have trouble with nightmares?

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[ He doesn't really want to answer that question given his answer is yes. Not so much lately, but sometimes, troubling thoughts invade his sleep.

He's seated on the couch of his apartment, a mug on the the table and a nondescript, dark book on the soda cushion beside him. The scarf is intriguing to him as up until some time ago, he had been wearing scarves and buttoning his collars up to conceal something himself. ]

There's a few things you can try to help stop your sleep from getting disrupted.

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I know. [ she went through enough therapy to have been told a hundred different techniques, but she doesn't seem like she's dismissing his point, simply recognizing it. ] They don't always work.

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What have you tried?

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Imagery rehearsal treatment, yoga, meditation. [ she shrugs. her bedroom isn't ideally relaxing, but she tried. ]

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Imagery rehearsal...?

[ That's a new one. ]

Have you tried adding more pillows?

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[ she smiles the tiniest bit, caught off guard by the suggestion. ] I haven't tried that. imagery rehearsal is when you imagine a different ending to the dream. It's supposed to bring closure or... make it easier to cope with.

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Making yourself as comfortable as possible is an important part of getting rest.

[ The explanation is an odd one for him, but he has to wonder if it works. ]

I imagine it must be difficult when dreams aren't that easy to remember themselves.

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I remember them. [ her smile turns a little bitter, but it remains so that's something. possibly. ] Not the good ones, but I remember the bad ones.

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[ He pauses, thinking about what to say -- or what not to. ]

Sorry... that that is the case.

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It's okay. [ she shrugs. it's not, but... this is all awkward enough. ]

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[ It seems as if that's the end of the conversation for a brief moment... and then Gil lets out a quiet, frustrated noise and privates their conversation. ]

... sometimes you can only try to go back to bed despite it.

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Easier said than done. [ she tugs on the ends of her hair anxiously. ] I tried. But it got to be too much. I guess I thought this would be a distraction.

Which it is.

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It's no good — staying up, I mean.

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I know. [ she sounds disappointed, but resigned. not defensive. ] Its like a rock and a hard place. Both options suck.