The Beast is Back!

At 4:26 AM this morning, I was awoken from an ultra-deep sleep by a violent and heavy pomelling on the base of my neck. As I am the only person in the castle, it was extraordinarily alarming. Who was doing this? Somebody else was there right behind me. When a real-world stimulus stirs us out of deep sleep, the sensation is a painful and an almost nauseous wrench. I think we actually do make that…