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Joe woke in the morning, stiff all over and more tired than he had been in a long time. He woke to the bright shining of his available skills screen. The memory of the nightmare came back to him and he wilted, oozing on to the bed without any desire to get up. He finally waved off the status screen in a fit of frustration but couldn't dismiss the dream as easily. His body begin shaking. The room was warm yet he couldn't stop shivering, the feeling of a cold that wasn't physical seared deep into his soul. He wrapped his arms around himself as he slowly calmed down and tried distracted himself from the dream. It took a bit of time for him to finally calm himself and face the day.

Joe settled back into his typical morning preparations of searching his status and reevaluating his plans for his future job choices. He discovered nothing new but was able to reaffirm his choices and was ready to head out to continue working on his cudgel skill. He was surprised that Gardenell was still sleeping so he decided to spend the false dawn stretching practicing his forms using Tai Chi. He'd made it to around half way when Gardenell sat up quickly, glancing towards Joe with embarrassed apology. Joe quickly waved him away, dismissing the apology.