“Estraven asleep looked a little stupid, like everyone asleep.”
“Asleep, he looked a lot younger than going-on-seventeen, but I had noticed that Johnny looked younger when he was asleep too, so I figured everyone did. Maybe people are younger when they are asleep.”
“People can't cry forever. Everyone eventually falls asleep.”
“Everyone is asleep. They've all been asleep for years. You seemed ... awake.' Alex is whispering now. He closes his eyes, opens them again.'I'm tired of sleeping.”
“And they fell asleep like children.”
“He looked at her uncomfortably; blinking, you know, like one not sure whether he was awake or asleep.”