VIII
Officer TraylaFor a while, it felt as if going away would ease the pain.
He took refuge at a retreat in Sellust, unable to face being at her funeral, although he did pay his respects in absentia. On that remote world there was little to distract him. He faced his grief and tried to get used to the idea of living without her. It was easier said than done. His memories of her were clouded with regret and he tortured himself with all the things he should have said to her and didn't. All those years wasted, while they danced around their feelings instead of relishing every moment.
In an odd way, Jonen began to empathise with his Dreaming patients, now that he experienced nightmares of his own.
Eventually the pain did subside, even if the void in his heart did not. The days seem to mo
