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I could sleep through this.

I could sleep and wake up only to see you come back, stand in the doorway with this ridiculous smile of yours, as if you hadn't just killed some stupid kid in a mask, as if you hadn't this horrible wound on your thigh, the jagged edge of your robes stuck to the raw flesh pulsing beneath it, as if it had been crystal clear all the time that you'd get through this and come back, and stand in the doorway with this ridiculous smile of yours. I just wish—

I could sleep through this.