[ ok the pinecone is no longer needed. Edgin tosses it over his shoulder.
He then sits on the edge of the bed (still holding his hand) so he can gently rub his shoulder with his now pineconeless hand. ]
I bet. But it's okay, now. You're awake, and whatever you had a nightmare about, it wasn't real.
[ he says this with the certainty of a Dad who has comforted a child from nightmares plenty of times before. But he does think at least some of the nightmares are real, that's what he and Xenk had been discussing. But that's speculation for another time. Right now Kirk needs someone stable. ]
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He then sits on the edge of the bed (still holding his hand) so he can gently rub his shoulder with his now pineconeless hand. ]
I bet. But it's okay, now. You're awake, and whatever you had a nightmare about, it wasn't real.
[ he says this with the certainty of a Dad who has comforted a child from nightmares plenty of times before. But he does think at least some of the nightmares are real, that's what he and Xenk had been discussing. But that's speculation for another time. Right now Kirk needs someone stable. ]