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    A deep breath leaves your body, chest sinking as a soft hum from an electronic fills the silence in the room in a mumbled symphony. A breath in, then pause, then another breath out; a meditative sequence to lull one to sleep.

    Breathe in. Breathe out.

    ‘Why do you hesitate?’

    Breathe in. Breathe out.

    ‘Let your slumber overcome you.’

    Another breath in, brows furrowed as the soft whispers echo in the room.

    ‘Are you scared?’

    A nod, hands grasping at the blanket that draped over and protected them from the cold of the night.

    ‘They won’t visit if I’m here.’

    Lips part slightly as doubt tries to pry through, quickly dispersed as an unshakeable certainty reaches out from the faint voices.

    ‘Just say it.’

    One last breath in before the words easily spill from their lips;

“Baku, baku, come eat my dreams.”