Bring Her to Me

Listen to my voice, my words.

Listen to my voice, my words.

Listen to my voice, my words.

Come to me.

I must have you.

You will be mine.

Mara?

Mara.

Mara.

Sorry about that.

I threw in some extra in there for you.

You look like you could use it.

Thanks, Raz. You know me so well.

That I do, which is why I know

you haven't been yourself today.

It's that obvious?

It's that obvious.

Listen, I'm due for a break.

You care to join me?

Could bend my ear a few?

How could I resist such an invitation?

I'm gonna take 15.

After you.

So what's on your mind?

Confess your sins.

No sins to confess to.

That's boring.

I just feel drained lately.

Are you not sleeping?

No, that's the problem, I am.

So nobody's keeping you busy?

And why would you wanna know about that, hmm?

- Jealous? - No.

No, we've known each other for a while now

and I've never seen you with a guy

or even heard you bring one into the cafe.

Mm. This has nothing to do with a guy.

Besides, I don't have time for romance.

Who said anything about romance?

Maybe you just need a little...

Would you stop already?

Okay, then what is it?

It's nothing.

It's silly.

Well, now you have to tell me.

All right.

I keep having this dream, over and over, each night.

So that's it? Just dreaming of somebody special?

Yes. No.

Not exactly.

Somebody or something.

I always wake up when he, or it, is about to reveal itself.

It's terrifying.

Sounds something like sleep paralysis.

These just feel like something more than bad dreams.

How open-minded are you?

Try me.

I don't know much about dreams

or even how to begin interpreting them,

but I do know somebody who does.

Maybe she can help.

Think it might be good for you two to talk.

- I don't know. - You're probably thinking

of some crystal-rubbing new age whack job,

but I can assure you, while she's admittedly eccentric,

she's an academic and she's very professional.

I mean, you haven't been yourself lately.

And I want the sassy Mara back,

not the spaced out zombie.

I don't think so.

Boom, it's settled. I'll bring you to your house tonight.

Wait a minute.

It's gonna be okay.

Trust your old pal Raz. I've got you.

This is gonna help.

I guess we're doing it, then.

Yeah.

8:00 PM sharp.

And with that settled, should probably get back to work.

You know, all this time we've known each other,

you've never made a pass at me.

I mean, not that I wanna ruin our friendship,

which it certainly would,

yet here you are coming to my rescue.

I only live to serve.

But you're not for me.

I'll see you tonight.

He sees you.

I'm sorry?

He sees you.

Look, I can't help you, sir.

He commands to bring her to me.

He commands to bring her to me!

Look, stay away or I'll call the cops!

Commands to bring her to me!

Bring her to me!

Bring her to me! Bring her to me!

Bring her to me! Bring her to me!

Bring her to me! Bring her to me!

Bring her to me! Bring her to me!

Bring her to me! Bring her to me!

Bring her to me! Bring her to me!

- Hey. - Hey, buzz us up.

We're out front.

Already? I must have just missed you coming in.

Did you see a homeless guy out there?

No. No one out here, just us.

Hmm. Weird.

I'll tell you about it in a second.

Buzzing you in now.

Bring her to me!

Bring her to me! Bring her to me!

Bring her to me! Bring her to me!

Bring her to me!

Bring her to me! Bring her to me!

Raz?

The one and only. We've arrived.

Okay. Give me a second, I'll buzz you up.

And here we go.

Hey.

Is this a bad time? I did say eight.

- No, you're good. - Ignore me and come on in.

Well, then, Mara, let me introduce you

to Miss Abagail Firth.

Is there a problem?

No, no, no problem.

Trepidation perhaps?

I dozed off. You two woke me is all.

Oh, starting without us.

No, I didn't, I was just

I'm just giving you a hard time, my dear.

It's Mara, is it?

That's me.

Come on in, Miss Firth.

Oh, please, do call me Abagail.

Deal. Well, come on in.

Make yourself at home, Abagail.

Thank you.

Raziel, why don't you make us all some tea?

Tea? I was hoping for a beer.

Oh, I bought some earlier.

Tea will do.

And be a doll, Raziel, make it how I like it?

Here.

You weren't kidding about her being a little eccentric.

This isn't gonna cost me much, is it?

Relax. She's harmless, and no.

What is she doing?

I'm purifying the room.

I mean, smells nice, though.

Purify from what?

Oh, all kinds of nasty things.

Emotions, energies, memories.

There you go.

So, my dear Mara, come tell me about your dreams.

Thank you.

- Thanks. - For sure.

Mm, it's good.

So, Raziel has told me a little about your troubles,

but I want to hear it from you.

Lay down for me.

There you go.

This feels silly.

I know it does.

Bit like you're gonna have your head shrunk, right?

Exactly.

Well, we won't be doing any of that tonight.

I just find lying in repose just relaxes one,

just opens one up more than sitting all crunched up

and restricted in a chair.

You do feel relaxed?

Very.

Then let's begin.

They started a while ago.

I feel myself drifting into the darkness,

into a void, to a dark place.

Someone's there, watching me.

I only catch glimpses of him,

but I'm engulfed by his darkness.

Can feel him all around me, on me.

In you?

Abagail.

No, not in me.

It's terrifying and I can't get away.

I can feel his hot breath on me.

And...

And what happens next, Mara?

And then.

You okay?

Yeah.

It ends about the same each night,

but a little bit more intense.

And when you wake, do you have feelings of lethargy?

I'm completely drained, all day.

It's like the dream is sucking my energy.

In fact, it is.

What do you mean?

Well, when you're dreaming, like truly, deeply dreaming,

the dream state is just as real as our waking reality.

If you have an exhausting, active dream,