Ever since that day when I fell asleep and saw Asmodeus in my dream… again… I decided I wouldn't sleep at all for the remainder of this journey.
Now let me tell you, it hadn't been easy.
Because, of course, traversing a hellish jungle infested with nightmarish monsters — where you had to fight for your life on a regular basis — wasn't exactly ideal when you were sleep-deprived.
But even so, it really hadn't been easy.
So after a while, I developed a solution.
You see, people primarily dream during the REM phase of the sleep cycle, which you enter roughly ninety minutes after you fall asleep.
That meant that if I woke myself up before reaching REM sleep, I wouldn't dream. Yes, it was a risky gamble the first time I tried it, but it paid off.
I started taking a series of power naps in place of a full night's sleep and, after that second and last encounter, I never saw Asmodeus again.
Slowly, it became routine.
