"Long time no see, Doctor Aaron."
That afternoon, Lorne met Doctor Aaron, who looked somewhat haggard from his nightmares. He wore a well-tailored black frock coat, which, paired with his wan expression, made him look even more melancholy.
"Uh-long time no see, Mr. Scott." Doctor Aaron froze for a moment before hurriedly collecting himself and greeting Lorne.
Looks like he's been suffering quite a bit lately- Lorne thought as he watched the doctor's sluggish reaction.
"I heard you've been dreaming about Will Auceptin a lot lately?" Lorne asked, getting straight to the point.
"Yes! That's right!" Doctor Aaron suddenly grew agitated at the mention of that name.
"I followed Sherlock's advice and went to a church of the Evernight Goddess to explain my situation to the bishop."
"My bad luck seems-to have faded a little. But, but-" Doctor Aaron clutched his head, looking close to a breakdown.
"Those strange dreams started coming one after another again!" At that, he raised his head to look at Lorne. "How have you been lately, Mr. Scott?"
"As for me-" After hesitating for a few seconds, Lorne told him about his recent strange dream of a giant snake chasing a little boy.
"A snake! That's right! That boy was Will!" Doctor Aaron exclaimed. "In my dream, Will asked me for help too! He said a snake wanted to eat him!"
A snake wanted to eat him? In that dream, I wanted to eat both him and the snake- Looking at Doctor Aaron's frayed nerves, Lorne sighed inwardly, then offered some reassurance. "Actually, Will isn't necessarily a bad person. Look at me. Not only am I fine, I even became a hero."
Though I was locked up for several days and nearly killed by a gas explosion.
Doctor Aaron's expression eased a little at his