[ America can't exactly sleep. It feels like every time she does, there's whispering, and the feel of hands in her hair, and promises. As soon as she wakes, there's no one there, and she knows it's not a dream. She can't dream. The haunting is making her restless. ]
[ So, she's not that far, having paced the floor, wondering if she could find where the source of this is coming from - maybe it is one of her mothers - and she hears Xie Lian. Look, all food is to be kept away from Xie Lian at all costs, but, so far, he seems kind. Even without that, she feels uncomfortable leaving someone else in distress. In particular someone she's shared a dwelling with.]
[ Slowly, she approaches and keeps her voice low and even when she speaks: ]
[II. The HAUNTING - For the Dancing Seagull people] lmk if this works?
[ So, she's not that far, having paced the floor, wondering if she could find where the source of this is coming from - maybe it is one of her mothers - and she hears Xie Lian. Look, all food is to be kept away from Xie Lian at all costs, but, so far, he seems kind. Even without that, she feels uncomfortable leaving someone else in distress. In particular someone she's shared a dwelling with.]
[ Slowly, she approaches and keeps her voice low and even when she speaks: ]
Xie Lian, you okay?