Can love help a person to get better?’ I asked.

“Maybe we're all in somebody's dream. Maybe everything's a dream, and nothing el…”

“We stand dead still and we listen to the night. The city drones. An owl hoots a…”

“The season of evil," I echoed. "Protect your soul.”

“What is is?’‘I don’t know. I don’t even know if it’s true or if it’s a dream.’‘…”