Aegri Somnia

[Thalia]

"Specific?"
She deflated, rubbing a hand over her face. How to explain what she couldn't even fully comprehend herself? In the back of her mind panic spread like fire; the fear she would wake up before she managed to make Calvin understand what she needed. He pat her shoulder, but it was scant consolation. If only she could speak how wolves speak! How much easier it would be if he could lift the thoughts and feelings straight from her mind. Though perhaps not a kindness, for such a deluge would surely drown him.

She looked up. Tried to make herself calm. To speak clear. Her expression was tinged with worry, like a small and frightened child. "I need you to find her. Not here. But awake."
Nimeda paused, made a small sound of annoyance with herself. "Me. Find me. That makes better sense. Something's happened. She's not sleeping."
She stared at him balefully. "I don't even know if it's possible. Will you do it? If you can?"
Something rippled through her; her image wavered. Nimeda continued to talk frantically, but she faded. And then was gone.