[When laid out - even with the manipulation - it certainly does sound as though it is straight out of erotica. In his world, it's likely the inspiration for quite a bit of it in its own right. And then if one takes it to the logical conclusion - that anything that overwhelmingly "good" can form an addiction in its own right...

It's a beautiful little horror.]

And you would have been well within your right to do so.

[...But that's treating the gravity of why too lightly, isn't it? He could leave it at that. He probably should leave it at that. He doesn't.]

We've not been sleeping to avoid nightmares. I am not so cruel to inflict one on you in our waking hours.