[She reaches a hand up to his lightly. It's just so easy to fall into this pattern of chatter. Even during the hard times and the times when she spoke little, if she did speak? It was to Haji. And if she ever spoke of troubles, it was chiefly to him - when she ever spoke of them, of course.]
Huh? ... Oh! I was thinking about it.
[I.e. she was trying to avoid it. Even if she somehow mysteriously stays awake here, she still fears the possibility of going to sleep and just not waking up again for years.]
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[She reaches a hand up to his lightly. It's just so easy to fall into this pattern of chatter. Even during the hard times and the times when she spoke little, if she did speak? It was to Haji. And if she ever spoke of troubles, it was chiefly to him - when she ever spoke of them, of course.]
Huh? ... Oh! I was thinking about it.
[I.e. she was trying to avoid it. Even if she somehow mysteriously stays awake here, she still fears the possibility of going to sleep and just not waking up again for years.]