She said: Do you know that feeling
you get when you’re starting
to fall asleep and then suddenly
you feel like you’re falling
very quickly and you instantly
wake yourself up? Everyone
gets that feeling sometimes
when they sleep. Did you know
your body does that on purpose?
You see, it happens when you’re
very tired and your body starts
to fall into a sleep state at too
fast a speed. Your heart rate,
your breathing shouldn’t slow
down that fast. So your body
makes you feel like you fall
so you’ll wake up, feel a little
tense, and fall asleep more
slowly. He said: No, no, that’s
not what I’m talking about.
I know that feeling, but
what I’m talking about is
being in a dream and going
to the edge of a cliff and jumping.
She said: Well, what happens?
Do you land? He said: Sometimes
I wake up before I land,
sometimes I land gently and
live. You’ve never had a dream
like that before? She said:
No. He said: Why do I have
dreams like this? Why this cliff?
Why do I fall? How do I land?
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