Waves? [ Alan frowns too, as he tries to think, tries to pin down ideas that seem to be swirling around in his mind. ] Water. An ocean. Why an ocean? [ He shakes his head because that doesn't make sense to him. Well, it makes sense to a degree, but it feels like something is keeping him from really understanding it all. ]

I don't know if it's nothing. It- it feels like it's something.

[ He doesn't want to insist that she stay behind; he doesn't want to be alone with no one else in the dark with him. But how can he ask her to come with him? It's something he's still wrestling with even now.

He shakes his head. ] It hasn't been that long. I hope you got to sleep a little.