ANALYZING… FILE TYPE: Session Recording PERIOD: Colony Era SPEAKERS: Hassan, M. [ID: MHAS], Reed, D. [ID: DREE] TOPIC: Shared Nightmare SUMMARY: Recording of a wellness session between Dr. Mari Hassan and General Davic Reed in which they discuss his experience of "the nightmare." =================================================================== [MHAS]: Tell me about the dream, Davic. [DREE]: I told you already, I don't want to get into it. I just want to stop having it. [MHAS]: In my clinical experience, "getting into it" is the only way to solve the problems we'd rather not get into. [DREE]: Cute. [MHAS]: Maybe. Still true. We can start slow. [DREE]: She's there. Orla. She's in my quarters, standing right next to me, right here. I can feel her before I see her. Feels like home. [MHAS]: But she's not with you, is she? She's never set foot on Tau Ceti. [DREE]: You know this. [MHAS]: Yes. [DREE]: We've been over this. [MHAS]: Repetition is where we find the truth. What happens when you see her? [DREE]: She's, uh… pale. Empty. Something wrong with her eyes. And, uh, she's mouthing something. Whispering. She keeps saying, "You're going to die here. You're going to die here." Over and over, like a promise. [MHAS]: Mm-hmm. And what does it mean to you when she says that? After all, you will die here. We all will. [DREE]: Sure, but that's not what she means. She means… something terrible is going to happen. She said almost the same thing, right before I left. It's why she stayed. Mars was safe, Mars was known. [MHAS]: We all made choices to leave behind people, careers… entire lives. Elements of our daily existence that were incredibly important to us, that defined us. We all carry the baggage of the baggage we couldn't pack. If you're feeling guilty or ashamed… [DREE]: I'm not. [MHAS]: Are you sure about that? =================================================================== TYPE: TEXT [X]; AUDIO [X]