...alright. And I will. [ he presses closer. ] Whatever it did to me, poison, I think, I... started hallucinating. I saw you. [ and that false sense of hope he got for those brief couple of minutes made the crash back to the hellish reality all the worse. alhaitham will feel his hand grow slick, tears spilling down his face as kaveh tries to keep the crashing waves of emotions back, but he's just not that strong right now. still, alhaitham's presence keeps him from losing it completely. ]

I'm so tired, Alhaitham, but I'm afraid to go to sleep. [ he doesn't want to dream or, more specifically, have any nightmares. ]