What was sleep? Will had an uneasy relationship with the concept at the best of times, and current events could not be couched in those terms.
After jolting awake for the fifth time in four hours, the profiler had given up on the attempt and gone to help himself to a shower. If he kept trying to force the issue, he ran the risk of sleep walking and that was a dangerous habit in a world he knew, let alone this place.
Washing off the stink of nightmare sweat, he cleaned up and changed clothes before heading outside into the dark. Some may have argued that walking around a strange city (world) in the dark wasn't high on the list of good self-preservation tactics, but Will already felt better as he walked along.
He made a couple of turns, no exact destination in mind, simply learning the city at this point. His path drew him along an alleyway that seemed completely non-descript except for the soft moans he heard echoing from the dark. Tilting his head, Will paused and waited a moment, gauging if those were moans of distress or moans of privacy please.
It sounded like the former, rather than the latter and so he turned and began to pick his way down the dark lane.
Letting his ears guide him, when he got to within five feet of the shadow that appeared to be the source of the cries, he stopped and crouched down on his heels. ]
Hey. [ He called out, voice low but firm. ] Are you alright? Hey!
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What was sleep? Will had an uneasy relationship with the concept at the best of times, and current events could not be couched in those terms.
After jolting awake for the fifth time in four hours, the profiler had given up on the attempt and gone to help himself to a shower. If he kept trying to force the issue, he ran the risk of sleep walking and that was a dangerous habit in a world he knew, let alone this place.
Washing off the stink of nightmare sweat, he cleaned up and changed clothes before heading outside into the dark. Some may have argued that walking around a strange city (world) in the dark wasn't high on the list of good self-preservation tactics, but Will already felt better as he walked along.
He made a couple of turns, no exact destination in mind, simply learning the city at this point. His path drew him along an alleyway that seemed completely non-descript except for the soft moans he heard echoing from the dark. Tilting his head, Will paused and waited a moment, gauging if those were moans of distress or moans of privacy please.
It sounded like the former, rather than the latter and so he turned and began to pick his way down the dark lane.
Letting his ears guide him, when he got to within five feet of the shadow that appeared to be the source of the cries, he stopped and crouched down on his heels. ]
Hey. [ He called out, voice low but firm. ] Are you alright? Hey!