2:23 AM
For what it's worth, here's something which is perhaps better than the previous, along the same theme.
Shinichi wakes up with a start in the middle of the blind darkness of the night, crying for his mother. "What happened, Shinichi?"; his mother runs towards the boy's bed and takes her arms around him, "Did you have a dream?". Shinichi gives a scared, short nod and sobs into his mother's arms.
"There, there. It was only a dream", consoles the mother, her voice shaking a little. Shinichi stops sobbing abruptly and looks into his mother's eyes; "when is father coming home?", demands he. Mother stares back at him silently for a few seconds before answering. "You know he's gone to the war. He'l…
"There, there. It was only a dream", consoles the mother, her voice shaking a little. Shinichi stops sobbing abruptly and looks into his mother's eyes; "when is father coming home?", demands he. Mother stares back at him silently for a few seconds before answering. "You know he's gone to the war. He'l…
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