Veil - Vol. 2 - Chapter 23

Dialogue Transcript Veil — Vol. 2 - Chapter 23 44

Touch in a dream

[Aleksander]: Good ni...

[Emma]: Oh, a robber...

[Aleksander]: I wouldn't exactly call someone picking a glass of milk off the ground a robber.

[Aleksander]: Hrmpf.

[Emma]: I sweh- eaar, ghah!

[Aleksander]: I'll put it on the table, you hear me?

[Emma]: Thank you.

[Aleksander]: Heheh...

[Aleksander]: Sorry for waking you up.

[Aleksander]: Goodnight.

[Emma]: I dreamt I was touching your hair.

[Aleksander]: How was it?

[Aleksander]: Oh... The thing is...

[Aleksander]: I don't let just anyone touch my hair...

[Emma]: I forgot...

[Emma]: Well...

[Aleksander]: Are you dreaming?

[Aleksander]: Am I boring you?

[Emma]: No, no.

[Emma]: No.

[Emma]: In my dreams, I focus on hearing things...

[Emma]: I don't know what dreaming is like for others, but...

[Emma]: I touch things, too...

[Emma]: Everything was so bright...

[Emma]: I think the room's light was on.

[Aleksander]: I thought you'd forgotten?

[Emma]: Alright, well... it came back to me!

[Emma]: I was sitting...

[Emma]: There was a breeze...

[Emma]: ...in a car...

[Emma]: The window was open.

[Emma]: You were the one driving.

[Emma]: Even without that burning smell...

[Emma]: Because I was touching your hair.

[Emma]: Yes, Yes...

[Aleksander]: Ah, that's good.

[Aleksander]: Well, time to continue my walk.

[Aleksander]: Good- night.

[Aleksander]: That's interesting.

[Aleksander]: Go on.

[Emma]: I didn't need to see you.

[Emma]: I just knew.

[Emma]: It was just like this in my dream too.

Chapter Summary

Veil Vol. 2 - Chapter 23 finds Emma woken at midnight when Aleksander picks up a glass of milk from her floor. Still half-asleep, Emma tells him she dreamt she was touching his hair while riding in a car he was driving, bright and breezy with no burning smell. Aleksander teases her, listens, then says goodnight and gently touches her hand as he leaves to continue his walk.

Chapter Analysis Veil — Vol. 2 - Chapter 23

Veil Vol. 2 - Chapter 23 opens in the middle of the night when Emma is woken as Aleksander picks up a glass of milk from her floor. Still half-asleep, she mistakes him for a robber, thanks him when he says he will put the glass on the table. The small exchange sets a soft, drowsy tone, with Aleksander apologizing for waking her and preparing to say goodnight before Emma shares her dream. Veil Vol. 2 - Chapter 23 then turns on Emma's memory of touching his hair. She recalls sitting in a car he was driving, with the window open and a breeze coming through, bright and without any burning smell. Aleksander teases her about not letting just anyone touch his hair, then encourages her to go on, and Emma explains that in her dreams she focuses on hearing and touching things. Her certainty stands out when she says she did not need to see him and just knew it was him. That feeling carries into their goodbye as Aleksander continues his walk and gently touches her hand, mirroring the contact from her dream. Veil Vol. 2 - Chapter 23 closes on that quiet parallel between dreaming and waking, where Emma's trust lets her recognize him through touch alone.

Prev: Vol. 2 - Chapter 22

Next: Vol 2. - Chapter 24

Veil — Vol. 2 - Chapter 23

Dialogue Transcript

Chapter Summary

Chapter Analysis: Veil — Vol. 2 - Chapter 23