Need Nightmares (Term)

Dreams, terrifying dreams, that simes sometimes experience betweem turnover and transfer or Kill that centre around selyn, and Need. Dreams where there is no Gen, no source of life and the dreamer is close to attrition. Any dream about the possibility of not achieving satisfaction of Need is considered a Need Nightmare
From: Channel's Destiny, Ch 12. 'Zeth's Need nightmares inevitably took the form of searching madly for Owen, never being able to find him. It was a week before Maddok even started to wake up in response to Zeth's discomfort, unless he woke up shouting.....'
From: Ambrov Keon. Ch 4. 'She had reasoned that it would not,but nevertheless her Need nightmares had taken the form of Alis, accusing her, "You wanted the starred-cross for Kreg, and you don't even know he'll be Gen!" The dream continued with Risa helplessly attacking Alis, Killing, but the corpse that fell afterward would be Kreg. And once, the last time she allowed herself to sleep before going to Carre...it had been Sergi.'
Also mentioned in other novels and stories.
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