Oh. Right. Johnny chews his lip, feeling marginally guilty for inadvertently being a dick. "Uh," he says, "then I dunno. But these dreams have to end somehow. They don't go on forever."

A few twig snap loudly just nearby, causing him to jerk sharply and stare into the shadows, Nova trembling in his arms. Well, one upshot to being stuck with Rush is that he has a friggin panther for a soul.