Must be nice. I've...had some rather...surprising dreams.

_{[Nothing he'd admit on the outright, but yes, there were some surprising dreams, especially about his chief sergeant. Especially those.]}

Dreams I could have certainly lived without.

_{[Without the awkward early-morning rushed shuffle to the showers and the quick, rushed load of laundry to eliminate stains to keep himself from getting teased. He'd been seventeen the first time, eighteen the last time it had hit him quite that hard, maybe had just turned nineteen. Recently, he'd been waking up before anything happened but still wanting.]}

Ah.

_{[Did you not hear him?]}

A metal dragon. Her name was Anastasia.