When they come from the outside

— Try and go to sleep.
– I can’t.
— You need to sleep. Please darling, I’ll come with you.
– The more I sleep, the more I die.
— Dear the more you live, the more you die, that’s how it is.
– But…
— Come now, come with me, let’s sleep.
– What if I don’t wake up?
— Then we’re finished.
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— And that’s all-right.
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— We’ll be finished and proud and done with it.
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— Are you afraid?
– It’s not fear it’s…
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– The left-overs from another life. People I hardly recognise. Those people. Something about those people.
— What about them?
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— Do you remember?
– Do you? Do you know about them?
— If I did would it matter?
– Would you tell me? If you remembered. Would you tell me.
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— They’re your family.
– What’s that?
— People who share your blood.
– Blood? How is that possible?
— Don’t you remember biology? Humanity?
– Biology…
— Look it’s very confusing right now, tomorrow it will make sense.
– Tomorrow?
— When you wake up.
– What if I don’t wake up?
— Then we’ll be finished.
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— All-right?
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— No worse-off than you are right now.
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— Come now.
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— Let’s go to bed.