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[inlieuofadad]

Who: Gil Arroyo
Username: g.arroyo
Warnings: N/A, will edit if necessary.

Anybody having spells of amnesia or blackouts? Waking up in the middle of

It sounds crazy, and if I weren't here I would think it was, but waking up in the middle of... doing nice things for yourself?

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[abrightboy]

But you're not sleepwalking?

private;

[inlieuofadad]

[Goddamnit. He can’t lie. Not to his kid. Not after everything Malcolm has been through.]

It must be some kind of sleepwalking. I’ll wake up in the middle of going for a jog or making breakfast. I woke up in the middle of getting a massage two days ago. I don’t… do massages.

Re: private;

[abrightboy]

…Were you dreaming you were getting a massage?

[inlieuofadad]

Unfortunately no. That would be a little too easy.

[A pause, lips pressed together for a moment--]

It was a nightmare. About spiders.

[abrightboy]

You had a nightmare about spider while a person was touching your back in a way that made you uncomfortable?

[inlieuofadad]

[Well, put that way--]

Hadn't put that together. But it wasn't about being touched, so much, it was...

[He trails off, uncomfortable at the memory.]

[abrightboy]

What was it? What?

[You’re killing him, Gil.]

[inlieuofadad]

[A tired sigh.]

I was the spider. Catching people. Winding them up in my… web. People I knew.

[abrightboy]

That has so many psychological implications. Have you ever dreamed anything like that before?

[inlieuofadad]

It's just a dream, Malcolm. It's not even the--it's one of the less... out there ones I've had, lately.

[abrightboy]

What do you mean? What have you been dreaming about? Do you always walk when you have them?

[inlieuofadad]

Look, I’m going to come over, all right? So we can talk face to face and you can calm down a little.

[abrightboy]

I'm at the house. Neal made cookies.

[When has he ever calmed down in his life?]