Tach leaned against Merv as he cut her free, nuzzling into his chest. He was real. And kinda splintery. She winced a little at the sound from the other room, and then everything started to go cold. She clutched a little tighter to the wooden form of her boyfriend.
"I wanna go to sleep but I can't get tired," she said, frowning. But that wasn't totally right. She was tired, she just... She didn't even know.