Puzzles

Sometimes he dreams of running. He doesn't know what from, but he knows there are others with him. He can't see their faces. A giant stone ring, like the one in the ruins, looms up ahead but he never seems to get any closer.

Sometimes he dreams of digging. The sand is rough and sticks to everything, but he knows he has to find something. He has tools but he doesn't know what they are for. The faceless others are with him, standing in the shadows around him. He wonders what they are waiting for.

Sometimes he dreams of kneeling at a demon's feet. Its face is shadowed, but the eyes glow with an unholy fire. Its hand reaches out and burns his forehead, searing deep into his brain, and he can't move no matter how hard he tries. As the blood starts to trickle from his ears, he hears his voice tell the demon, "I love you."

Arrom doesn't sleep much anymore.