Deep Sea Embers Chapter 94: Nina’s Strange Dream

It was getting darker on the street.

After seeing Morris off and tidying up the storefront on the ground floor, Duncan finally had time to talk to Nina about what her teacher had said during the home visit.

After all, this is actually the main reason why Mr. Morris came to visit today-although the two digress after chatting.

"Have you not had a good rest recently? Or are you not feeling well?" At the dining table on the second floor, Duncan asked concernedly while smearing butter on a slice of bread, "I heard from your teacher that you are like this It's been going on for several days."

Nina was obviously a little nervous. She probably guessed that the teacher would bring up these things when she came today, but until recently, she hadn't thought that her Uncle Duncan would really start paying attention to her situation at school— An awkward feeling of being cared for after a long time but uneasy filled her heart: "It's just a little... sleepy."

"Then it seems that what Mr. Morris said is true," Duncan carefully observed Nina's expression. "Physical reasons? Or for other reasons? You can tell me if you have anything on your mind."

Speaking of this, he paused, and then added with consideration: "Of course, there may be some things you are reluctant to tell an adult like me at this age, this is also normal, because you are growing up, you have independent Personality and your own ideas should be respected - but you still have to remember that it is not shameful for people to ask for help when they are in trouble. If I can help, you can say it, and we will find a way together ."

He tried his best to make his words sound more reliable and kind. This was not easy, because he had never had blood relatives of this age to take care of before, but he had more or less experience with students, so at this time it was according to Talk to Nina about the experience of a teenage student—he thinks his attitude is gentle enough.

"I... I'm really fine, really!" Nina seemed to be a little uncomfortable with such a kind uncle, but she was even more resistant in her heart, she waved her hand vigorously and met Duncan's gaze, "I am Recently, I always feel sleepy, always wake up when I sleep, and sometimes have dreams.”

"Dream?" Duncan frowned, and suddenly thought of something, "Nightmare? Could it be a dream about the fire when I was a kid?"

Perhaps because he was paying attention to the sun fragments and the unsolved case eleven years ago, he suddenly thought of this matter, but Nina shook his head: "No, it was not from my childhood."

"What is that?"

"I always dream...that I'm standing on a very high place, like a tower in the city, and then the block below my feet is pitch black, full of ruins and ashes," Ni Na recalled and said slowly, "The ruins and ashes are like a huge scar, extending along the center of the lower city all the way to the Cross Street, and then to the edge of the upper city, as if to tear the city apart. Trapped in that high, high place, trying to leave, but being blocked by invisible walls..."

Nina recalled, and suddenly shook her head gently: "It's always like this in a dream, to say it's scary... In fact, nothing scary appears, and no danger is approaching, just watching the city being surrounded by unknown people. Something crushed a scar, and then I was trapped in place and couldn't move, and every time I woke up, I was very tired, and the next day I started to feel sleepy..."

Duncan listened carefully to the girl's description and slowly frowned.

What Nina is describing... is really not the fire she experienced as a child, or the scene Duncan remembers.

It was more like a static "show", showing her the vision of Prand in an unknown time and space.

On Earth, Duncan would only see this as a constant recurring dream, but in this strange world, he couldn't help but wake up.

There was Nina who somehow remembered a fire that existed only in her and Duncan's minds, and then there was her continuous, "omens" weird dream.

"When did you start having these dreams?" Duncan asked with a serious expression.

"About a week or two ago? Maybe earlier... Can't remember," Nina took a sip of the vegetable soup, her voice a little vague, "I didn't care at the time..."

Duncan wanted to say "you should have said it earlier" when he heard it, but suddenly remembered that Nina's "uncle" was still a rotten person who indulged in cult activities and alcohol anesthesia, and there was no one around her. Anyone who can talk to someone who is reliable, so he swallowed the words abruptly, and said instead: "Have you consulted a professional? For example, a doctor?"

Nina raised her head: "You mean a psychiatrist?"

"Yes, psychiatrist." Duncan thought for a while, then nodded immediately.

In this world, "psychiatrist" is an indispensable profession, because there are too many things in the night and the deep sea staring at the city-state, and the spirit of ordinary people is very likely to suffer from the influence of these breaths. Problems big and small - nightmares, auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, cognitive shifts, and even delusions of personality that plague so many people that the world's therapeutic techniques in related fields have advanced to an unimaginable level - the most brilliant The psychiatrist will even use extraordinary powers to correct the distorted mind.

Nina's frequent strange dreams should also belong to the "disease" that these psychiatrists are concerned about.

"I haven't," Nina said in a muffled voice, "their consultation fees are very expensive... I'm just having some weird dreams."

"But these weird dreams have begun to affect your life," Duncan said seriously. "Continuing to dream of such weird scenes may be a dangerous sign. You should have learned these in school. .”

As he said this, he was also thinking quickly in his mind - there must be something wrong with Nina's continuous strange dreams. In any case, since he has lived in a strange and abnormal world, he must deal with these extraordinary dreams. He is wary of the "elements" in the field, but he is a layman in terms of theory, so he has to find some professionals for this matter.

As it happens, he also wants to find opportunities to contact "professionals" in civilized society to see how they deal with events that may involve extraordinary things.

Nina was obviously hesitant, but in front of Duncan's serious expression, she was finally defeated: "Then...then we can go to the community church on weekends and ask the deep sea priest there to do it once. Soothing the gods and blessings, this cost is very small, if it doesn't work, then find a professional psychiatrist to see it, okay?"

Church? Deep sea priest? A priest who believes in the goddess of the storm, Gormona?

Duncan's heart moved, and he suddenly felt that this was also very good - he was also very interested in those priests who served the gods.

"Okay, then it's settled," he nodded immediately. "It happens that you are going to the museum on the weekend. When you come back, we will stop by the church."

"Yeah!"

After dinner, Nina went back to her room early as usual, and Duncan also went back to her room, and saw Ay's lazy figure lying on the windowsill at a glance.

The pigeon came back after a day of flying outside.

Duncan closed the door and walked to the window. After seeing his master, the pigeon raised its wings lazily to say hello, and made a grumbling voice: "Destroy it, hurry up, I'm tired..."

"You really worked hard," Duncan knew that the bird was really tired today~IndoMTL.com~ He stepped forward to untie the "cult sensor" on the back of the pigeon, while He reassured, "It's really not that easy. After all, they are all hiding deeply, and the Deep Sea Church has been keeping an eye on them recently, so they will definitely be more cautious..."

The pigeon rolled its eyelids, shook its wings, and continued to lie still.

Duncan was immediately happy when he saw it: "Even so, this thing still has to be done in the future... Of course, flying for one day is a bit too intense. I have arranged for you to combine work and rest."

He decided to make the search for cultists in the city a long-term job at this stage, although after doing today's "big business", he is no longer so urgent in terms of money, and does not need to rely on "hunting" To subsidize the family, but the trouble of finding those cultists is quite meaningful in itself.

On the one hand, doing so may catch big fish from the cultists to satisfy their intelligence needs-the higher-level priests must know more secrets about the "sun", and may also know about eleven More information on the sun debris years ago, which is what Duncan is focusing on.

On the other hand, there is a seemingly wild super dog, Loli, who is active in the city-state. The other party is also constantly looking for trouble with the Sun Cultists, and she may also know some secrets of the super world. Duncan wants to try his luck, see Can you talk to her about the deep sea and the deep demon - after talking with Morris, he is now very curious about the "starry sky" above the deep sea.

Noticing the serious look on Duncan's face and realizing his fate of being forced to work overtime in the future, Ay sighed extremely humanely.

"Alas..." The bird's tone was full of sadness, "There is a tragic thick barrier between us..."

Duncan: "...you have a great vocabulary!"