I swear to Eru, if you do not answer me - ! (The low growl of Maedhros Fëanorian is not to be taken lightly. And not just because he sounds unhinged.) I promised and instead you -

(Tears choke him and he collapses on the bed that once belonged - or was used, at least - by his brother.)

Kano is gone. He returned to Arda...to Middle Earth...without me. I know he was suffering and now he is...

(Suffering more. Endlessly until their world ends.)

I'm sorry, Elros. I'm sorry, Finno. I tried to keep him here.

[ Rey doesn't like making announcements over the crystals, but she also doesn't know who to go to with this question. Had this happened to anyone else? She doesn't know.

When she speaks, there's a slight waiver to her voice, anyone who knows her well will know that she's really on the edge of panic, because each word is deliberate, quiet. ]

I'm curious. We have several rifters here, many who have been here longer than I have. Some that are no longer here. Has... does anyone know of a rifter falling asleep one night and waking up in the morning having had dreams so vivid that it was like they were memories, rather than a dream?