After the wonderful evening with Nikita, Nikolai enjoyed a peaceful sensation of exhaustion. It was comfortable as the feeling of sleep overwhelmed Nikolai. He felt himself falling into a warm pool of water before drifting off into his dreams.
It was a nostalgic dream.
He remembered something similar in the hotel with Nikita, memories from the past that his mother said would slowly return as he regained his power and awakened fully.
'Where am I?! This is my dream... wow, I was such a dumb kid... haha.'
Nikolai could see himself in the dream, able to think and react. It seemed close to a lucid dream, yet the memories played without his input, causing him to feel curious.
He looked around the old park that was half destroyed to build new apartment blocks, and because of gangs and hoodlums, the area was full of garbage and dangerous things.
'Yet back when mom lived, it was so beautiful...'