August 12, 2025 • 38 mins
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(00:00:49) Introducing tonight's story
(00:02:22) The Library Between Dreams, Book 2
Welcome back to The Library Between Dreams; a magical place that waits just beyond the edges of sleep.
Tonight’s chapter is called The Book of Comfort. It's a story that doesn’t rush, doesn’t ask anything of you, it only offers warmth and a soothing place to rest.
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Writer: Grace Ford✍️
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(00:00:49) Introducing tonight's story
(00:02:22) The Library Between Dreams, Book 2
Welcome back to The Library Between Dreams; a magical place that waits just beyond the edges of sleep.
Tonight’s chapter is called The Book of Comfort. It's a story that doesn’t rush, doesn’t ask anything of you, it only offers warmth and a soothing place to rest.
Host & Narrator: Jessika Gössl 🌙
Writer: Grace Ford✍️
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Good evening, and welcome to Rest, your sanctuary for peaceful
sleep and relaxation. Whether you're escaping daily stresses or seeking
a nightly companion, you're in the right place. My name
is Jessica, and I'll be your host this evening. Before
(00:27):
we begin, why don't you turn off your screens and
turn down your volume. Now that's done, let's unwind and
help you ease into a blessed rest. Welcome back to
(00:51):
the library between dreams. We return tonight to a place
that waits just beyond the edges of sleep, not far
but quiet, familiar, like a room you once knew well,
and find yourself stepping into again with a soft exhale.
(01:16):
Here the light is silver, blue and gentle. The walls
don't hold you in, they hold you together. And the
stories they don't ask to be followed, they only ask
to be felt. Tonight's chapter is called the Book of Comfort.
(01:42):
A story that doesn't rush, doesn't ask anything of you,
just offers warmth, a presence, a quiet reminder that you're
not alone.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
So breathe in.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
And out, let your limbs grow heavy, and let the
hush of night settle round you. Let's begin Tonight's story
(02:25):
There's a hush in the room tonight, the kind that
settles when the world has grown quiet and the day
has finally exhaled. It is like a tiny, breathless whisper.
The sheets are cool against your skin. Your breath comes slow,
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without needing to try. The room is dark, dim enough
that the edge is blur into a soft hush. The
sheets beneath you are cool, and the pillow is a
familiar shape. Your breath is shallow, like your body is
(03:15):
holding onto it softly, in out, in.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Out.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
That's you breathing softly. The hum of the room gathers
around you, a ceiling fan or a quiet street lamp,
or the warm echo of nothing at all. It is
the hush that comes only when the day has gone
(03:48):
completely and the night has made its bed beside yours.
Your limbs grow heavier, the mattress beneath you. You welcomes
the weight. There is no reason to move, no thought
asking to be chased, just a gentle sense that now
(04:14):
is the time to let go. And then you feel it,
that familiar pause, that gentle pull. The world doesn't vanish
all at once, It simply fades, first with the corners softening,
(04:38):
then the shadows becoming lighter, somehow less sharp. The ceiling
begins to melt upward, the walls ripple and dissolve like
ink in a warm bath. The bed beneath you becomes lighter, thinner,
(05:00):
until it too is nothing at all.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
You are drifting, not upward.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Not downward, not forward or back, just inward or perhaps outward.
The direction doesn't matter. You are weightless, thoughtless, free, and
then ahead, or maybe within the moonlight returns. It flows
(05:39):
like a river and stretches like a path, the same
hallway as before.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
It is not.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Lit by bulbs or stars, but by silver blue beams
of light, soft as breath. They shimmer beneath your feet,
even though you're not sure your feet are still there.
You remember this place. It's familiar and comforting, like a
(06:12):
warm blanket. The smell of it returns to you before
the form does, lavender, old paper, the faintest warmth of
something baked, Then the scent of something deeper, something you
can't quite name, the scent of peace, perhaps or presence.
(06:41):
You walk, or the hallway carries you. Either way. You
move forward, slowly, like drifting on a low current. There
is no need to rush time here stretches like warm fabric,
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willing to hold.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
You exactly where you are.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
The hallway widens and the hush deepens, and then ahead
a door opens, without creak or sound. A figure stands
inside the glow, the librarian. He is tall, not in
(07:30):
away that towers, but in a way that steadies. His
robe is soft and silver, blue as it was before,
flowing like quiet water around him. His eyes are darker
than the last time you saw him, more dusk than twilight,
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like he has been waiting all night.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Just for you.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
His presence does not demand anything of you. He only
stands there, calm and still, like a lighthouse that does
not chase the sea, but simply shines. He smiles slowly, gently, knowingly,
(08:23):
the smile that makes you comfortable and remember that you
are safe. Welcome back, he says, his voice, low and smooth,
like velvet pressed into sound. You've returned to the library
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between dreams. You don't answer. You don't need to. He
seems to understand the silence.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
To respect it.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Even He steps aside, and once more a book begins
to drift forward between you. It glows softly at its edges,
It radiates a warm glow. Its cover is the color
of worn linen, with golden threads woven through the spine
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like stitching, And from the moment you see it, you
feel something deep in your chest begin to soften. The
book pulses gently, like a second heartbeat, echoing beneath your own.
(09:42):
The librarian watches you with quiet understanding. Tonight, he says,
you'll read the Book of comfort. The book floats closer.
It meets your hands with out being summoned. Its warmth
(10:03):
is immediate, not hot, not heavy, It is just right,
the kind of warmth that reminds you of something long ago,
a lap, a fire, a hand in yours. The librarian
(10:25):
takes a breath, then steps back into the light. There
is nothing you need to do now, he says, only
follow you.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Look down.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
The first page begins to turn, and the story begins
to hold you. You fall into the story not with
a jolt, but with a sigh, a peaceful, satisfying sigh,
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the kind you have after a very RESTful night. As
the pages turn, the soft light of the library melts
into a golden haze.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
The shimmer of moonlight.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Fades, replaced by something warmer, deeper, like stepping into a
dream spun from warmth and memory. You land gently on
your feet. The ground beneath you is like cloud dusted velvet.
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It gives way slightly beneath your souls, then lifts again,
as if remembering your shape. You look around and see
that you are standing in a small, quiet village, tucked
into a hollow of low hills and long shadows. But
(12:06):
this is no ordinary place. The trees are velvet. Their
trunks rise smoothly from the ground in colors of mauve,
deep green, and sleepy blue. Their leaves are soft, and
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they sway with the rhythm of rest. When they move,
they make a faint, rustling sound, like whispers curled into lullabies.
The grass murmurs beneath your feet. It does not crunch
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or crack. Instead, it hushes. It strokes the soles of
your feet like fingers through hair. It is ticklish and soothing.
Every step you take is muffled, wrapped, and welcomed. The
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air here smells like warm milk. There is the softness
of fabric fresh from the sun, and the faintest hint
of something sweet baking nearby, cinnamon maybe, or warm vanilla.
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It's the kind of scent that eases the tension from
your shoulders without you noticing, it settles into your breath
and slows it deepens it. You follow the path ahead,
which is not paved, but plush made of memory foam
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stitched with soft thread, gently rising and falling with the
hills like the surface of a tucked in blanket. It
molds to your footsteps and then forgets them as soon
as you pass, so nothing ever weighs down the ground.
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You walk in silence, but it is not a lonely silence.
It is the silence of peace. As you near the
center of the village, you begin to see homes. Low
rounded houses with roofs like patchwork quilts. Each one is
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stitched together from cloth, feathers, moss, and soft stone. Windows
glow with warm amber light, as if inside every home
is a story being told slowly by firelight and soft hands.
(15:14):
A gentle breeze moves through the village. It is thick
and slow, like syrup made of sunlight. It drapes over
your skin, tugging softly at your clothes, brushing your cheeks
(15:34):
like a mother smoothing your hair. You pause because just
ahead a villager steps out from their home. They do
not speak They do not wave, They only smile slowly
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and tenderly, and then they bow their heads just enough
to say I see you, You are welcome here. Their
eyes are kind, their posture open. There is no expectation
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in their presence, only invitation. Another joins them, then another,
one from a porch wrapped in vines, one from behind
a curtain of softly rustling beads. Each one greets you
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the same way, with stillness, with softness, with knowing. They
make you comfortable without saying anything. They do not ask
why you're here. They do not need to, because the
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village itself has already answered. You're safe, you're welcome, you belong.
A quiet sound interrupts your thoughts, a faint rhythmic purring.
You glance down. There, brushing against your leg is a small,
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round animal, perhaps a cat or a rabbit, or something
dream like. In between, its fur is soft and thick,
the color of cream and soot.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Its eyes blink.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Slowly, as if they've just woken from a nap, and
in the pores between blinks, it leans gently into your
shin and curls itself into a viral on your foot.
It does not demand attention. It simply exists near you,
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resting in your presence, as if you've always known each other.
You reach down to touch it, and it hums beneath
your palm, not quite a purr, not quite a song,
but something steady and low, like a heartbeat made audible.
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The sound vibrates through your fingertips and settles into your chest.
You do not want to move, but the path continues.
The villagers step aside. They're quiet, welcome, lingering like a
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blanket laid over your shoulders. The soft animal follows you
at a sleepy pace, not too close, not too far,
padding silently along the whispering grass. Everything here is designed
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for one thing.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Rest.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
The trees don't rush to grow, the breeze doesn't chase
the leaves, even time itself seems to have removed its
shoes and settled.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
In for a while.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
You walk a little slower, you breathe a little deeper,
and with each step deeper into the village, you feel
something begin to melt. The tightness behind your eyes, the
knot at the base of your neck, the ache you
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hadn't even noticed in your chest. It all begins to settle,
to soften, and you realize gently that this place was
made for you. The path ahead curves gently, like it
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doesn't want to interrupt your rhythm.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
You walk without thinking.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
Each step comes with ease, your body lighter than it was.
The soft animal still follows at a quiet distance, its
poor steps barely a whisper ahead, a soft golden glow
spills out from the windows of a nearby home, low
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rounded cottage nestled beneath a drooping velvet tree. The door,
made of stitched cushions and quilted fabric, folds open without sound.
As you approach. You step inside. The air within is warmer,
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scented with something soft, like the faintest trace of honey.
All around you are pillows. They cover the floor, the walls,
the ceiling, round ones, square ones, long ones, shaped like arms,
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ready to wrap around you. Some breathe gently, rising and
falling like sleeping pets. Others hum softly like they're dreaming.
You sink into one, a large moss colored pillow that
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cradles your back and hips and head as if it
had been waiting for your exact shape. You close your eyes,
and in the quiet you begin to feel something. It's
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the feeling of being seen without having to speak. Of
being understood without having to explain. The pillow doesn't ask
what's wrong, It doesn't offer solutions. It just holds you,
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breath by breath, moment by moment, until you you feel
like maybe, just maybe, you don't need to hold yourself
up anymore. When you rise, the pillow rises too, lifting
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you gently, almost reluctantly. The sky is still warm, still soft,
but the light has changed. You've rested, and now the
path calls again. You step outside, and the breeze greets
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you like an old friend, Slow and warm, you follow it.
Soon the cottages give way to an open space, and
you find yourself walking beneath tall velvet trees. Their trunks
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are wide and curved, like arms mid embrace. Their leaves
hang low, brushing against your face.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
With every step.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
They hum like the sound of comfort itself, low and
constant and steady. Beneath one of the trees is a nest.
It's a human sized one, built from giant leaves and
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bits of silken moss. You step into it without hesitation.
The moment your body sinks down, the leaves mold to
your shape. They warm slightly, like sun warmed fabric, and
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a faint scent of pine, and something flow rises into
the air.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
You lie still.
Speaker 1 (25:06):
The tree above continues to hum, and the breeze weaves
through its branches like a lullaby being braided into the wind.
When you rise again, the world does not feel rushed.
You walk on slower now. Just ahead you find a
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quiet courtyard paved with soft flat stones. At the center
is a fountain, but instead of water, it flows with
something darker and richer, herbal tea. It steams gently, and
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its scent curls into the air like a hand beckoning
you forward. A villager is already there, holding a small
cup with both hands. They offer it to you with
a nod and a gaze that says this is for you.
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The cup is warm in your hands.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
You sip.
Speaker 1 (26:28):
The tea is mild, neither sweet nor strong. It is
the kind of warmth that doesn't ask anything of you.
It just spreads through your chest, your shoulders, your spine.
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You finish the cup slowly. The villager smiles, takes the
cup gently, and disappears again, as if they were never there.
You sit for a while beside the tea fountain, letting
your breath match its rhythm. Soft, soft, softer, still, Eventually
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you rise, and once again the path welcomes you. The
final place on this journey is round and low, made
from woven branches and glowing fabric. It rests at the
edge of the village, tucked into the arms of a hill,
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half buried, like a secret that's never needed to hide.
You step inside the sanctuary. The inside glows with amber light.
Villagers sit quietly on mats and curved benches, facing a
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gentle fire at the very center of the room. The
flames dance slowly, like breath like heartbeats. You feel their
warmth around you, not from heat, but from presence. It
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is the warmth of people who expect nothing from you,
who don't need your story or your explanation, who simply
want you to rest.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
You find a seat near the fire.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
It isn't a chair exactly, more like an embrace carved
from the earth.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
It curved, cradling.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
You sink into it, and your body sinks too.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
You fold in.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
You melt, You exhale in a way you didn't know.
You hadn't yet. There is nothing else you need to do.
You are here, held and around you, the villagers breathe
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with you, quiet and full and slow. You stay in
the sanctuary for a while. There is no urgency to rise,
no clock ticking behind your ribs. The air hums low
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and warm. The fire flickers gently before you, like the
tail end of a candle's flame. Each breath you take
draws warmth deeper into your chest. It doesn't settle like weight,
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It doesn't press or pull. It grounds you, like being
tucked into a familiar bed after a long journey, like
the slow ex hail after a cry, Like the moment
someone wraps a blanket around your shoulders and says nothing
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because they don't need to. The firelight flickers across your skin.
Your head leans to the side without effort. The chair
or nest or embrace you're nestled in responds. It rises
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just enough to meet your cheek, offering a surface soft
enough to sleep on, strong enough to support you. Your
eyes drift closed, but you are not gone, not yet.
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Around you, the villagers remain sitting, resting, glowing with the.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Same soft peace.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
No one moves, no one interrupts, but you feel their
presence like a lullaby without words. The flames dance, and
then a voice returns. It is low, gentle, threaded through
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the air, like the sound of distant waves touching a
quiet shore. It's time to go home, dreamer. You recognize
it before you blink your eyes slowly. It's the librarian.
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His voice is different from the hush of the temple,
not louder, not sharper, just steady, certain, a voice you'd
follow anywhere, A voice that lulls you to sleep and
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rest and comfort. His presence alone wraps around your thoughts
like a soft coat, like the hush between heart beats.
You feel yourself rising with your being, like warmth rising
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off the surface of tea, like mist lifting from the grass.
The sanctuary does not vanish. It recedes slowly, and you
realize that the town is only going to sleep deep
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into sleep. You are not leaving it behind. You are
bringing it with you, tucked into the quiet corners of
your breath and your bed. The path appears once more,
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but this time you do not walk. The ground moves
beneath you, slowly, gently carrying you back the way you came,
past the tea fountain, past the velvet trees, past the
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pillow house that still hums in your memory. The soft
animal is there too, walking beside you, slow and loyal
and calm. The breeze returns. It's warmer, now scented with
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rest and lavender and the faintest memory of safety. It
circles you once and then guides you forward like a
current made of moonlight. And then the hallway appears. You
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know it instantly, even before it fully forms, that shimmering
stretch of moonlight that leads not to a place, but
to a state of being. The light ripples beneath your
feet like silver water. The scent of old paper and
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night air greets you again, as if nothing has changed,
and yet everything has softened. The librarian walks beside you.
Now you are not being dismissed. You are being returned.
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The hallway stretches long and quiet. It does not rush,
neither do you. At its end, your room emerges, slow, steady,
like a photo developing in water. There is your bed,
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your blanket, your pillow, waiting with the exact curve you need.
Your eyelids are heavy with sleep. The hallway gently places
you back inside yourself. Your limbs return loose and light.
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Your breath deepens, the mattress catching you as if it
too had been waiting. You are home, but you are
also changed. You carry the velvet grove in your bone,
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the quiety in your chest, the hum of pillows in
your shoulders, the firelight in your belly. And as your
body sinks deeper into rest, the librarian's voice returns, this
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time quieter and slower. It's a quiet whisper inside your heartbeat.
His voice is the last thing you hear before you
drift off in sleep. You are safe, you are held,
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You are home rest. Now see you again at the library.
But tween dreams
Good evening, and welcome to Rest, your sanctuary for peaceful
sleep and relaxation. Whether you're escaping daily stresses or seeking
a nightly companion, you're in the right place. My name
is Jessica, and I'll be your host this evening. Before
(00:27):
we begin, why don't you turn off your screens and
turn down your volume. Now that's done, let's unwind and
help you ease into a blessed rest. Welcome back to
(00:51):
the library between dreams. We return tonight to a place
that waits just beyond the edges of sleep, not far
but quiet, familiar, like a room you once knew well,
and find yourself stepping into again with a soft exhale.
(01:16):
Here the light is silver, blue and gentle. The walls
don't hold you in, they hold you together. And the
stories they don't ask to be followed, they only ask
to be felt. Tonight's chapter is called the Book of Comfort.
(01:42):
A story that doesn't rush, doesn't ask anything of you,
just offers warmth, a presence, a quiet reminder that you're
not alone.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
So breathe in.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
And out, let your limbs grow heavy, and let the
hush of night settle round you. Let's begin Tonight's story
(02:25):
There's a hush in the room tonight, the kind that
settles when the world has grown quiet and the day
has finally exhaled. It is like a tiny, breathless whisper.
The sheets are cool against your skin. Your breath comes slow,
(02:51):
without needing to try. The room is dark, dim enough
that the edge is blur into a soft hush. The
sheets beneath you are cool, and the pillow is a
familiar shape. Your breath is shallow, like your body is
(03:15):
holding onto it softly, in out, in.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Out.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
That's you breathing softly. The hum of the room gathers
around you, a ceiling fan or a quiet street lamp,
or the warm echo of nothing at all. It is
the hush that comes only when the day has gone
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completely and the night has made its bed beside yours.
Your limbs grow heavier, the mattress beneath you. You welcomes
the weight. There is no reason to move, no thought
asking to be chased, just a gentle sense that now
(04:14):
is the time to let go. And then you feel it,
that familiar pause, that gentle pull. The world doesn't vanish
all at once, It simply fades, first with the corners softening,
(04:38):
then the shadows becoming lighter, somehow less sharp. The ceiling
begins to melt upward, the walls ripple and dissolve like
ink in a warm bath. The bed beneath you becomes lighter, thinner,
(05:00):
until it too is nothing at all.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
You are drifting, not upward.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Not downward, not forward or back, just inward or perhaps outward.
The direction doesn't matter. You are weightless, thoughtless, free, and
then ahead, or maybe within the moonlight returns. It flows
(05:39):
like a river and stretches like a path, the same
hallway as before.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
It is not.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Lit by bulbs or stars, but by silver blue beams
of light, soft as breath. They shimmer beneath your feet,
even though you're not sure your feet are still there.
You remember this place. It's familiar and comforting, like a
(06:12):
warm blanket. The smell of it returns to you before
the form does, lavender, old paper, the faintest warmth of
something baked, Then the scent of something deeper, something you
can't quite name, the scent of peace, perhaps or presence.
(06:41):
You walk, or the hallway carries you. Either way. You
move forward, slowly, like drifting on a low current. There
is no need to rush time here stretches like warm fabric,
(07:02):
willing to hold.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
You exactly where you are.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
The hallway widens and the hush deepens, and then ahead
a door opens, without creak or sound. A figure stands
inside the glow, the librarian. He is tall, not in
(07:30):
away that towers, but in a way that steadies. His
robe is soft and silver, blue as it was before,
flowing like quiet water around him. His eyes are darker
than the last time you saw him, more dusk than twilight,
(07:54):
like he has been waiting all night.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Just for you.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
His presence does not demand anything of you. He only
stands there, calm and still, like a lighthouse that does
not chase the sea, but simply shines. He smiles slowly, gently, knowingly,
(08:23):
the smile that makes you comfortable and remember that you
are safe. Welcome back, he says, his voice, low and smooth,
like velvet pressed into sound. You've returned to the library
(08:44):
between dreams. You don't answer. You don't need to. He
seems to understand the silence.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
To respect it.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Even He steps aside, and once more a book begins
to drift forward between you. It glows softly at its edges,
It radiates a warm glow. Its cover is the color
of worn linen, with golden threads woven through the spine
(09:21):
like stitching, And from the moment you see it, you
feel something deep in your chest begin to soften. The
book pulses gently, like a second heartbeat, echoing beneath your own.
(09:42):
The librarian watches you with quiet understanding. Tonight, he says,
you'll read the Book of comfort. The book floats closer.
It meets your hands with out being summoned. Its warmth
(10:03):
is immediate, not hot, not heavy, It is just right,
the kind of warmth that reminds you of something long ago,
a lap, a fire, a hand in yours. The librarian
(10:25):
takes a breath, then steps back into the light. There
is nothing you need to do now, he says, only
follow you.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
Look down.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
The first page begins to turn, and the story begins
to hold you. You fall into the story not with
a jolt, but with a sigh, a peaceful, satisfying sigh,
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the kind you have after a very RESTful night. As
the pages turn, the soft light of the library melts
into a golden haze.
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The shimmer of moonlight.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Fades, replaced by something warmer, deeper, like stepping into a
dream spun from warmth and memory. You land gently on
your feet. The ground beneath you is like cloud dusted velvet.
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It gives way slightly beneath your souls, then lifts again,
as if remembering your shape. You look around and see
that you are standing in a small, quiet village, tucked
into a hollow of low hills and long shadows. But
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this is no ordinary place. The trees are velvet. Their
trunks rise smoothly from the ground in colors of mauve,
deep green, and sleepy blue. Their leaves are soft, and
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they sway with the rhythm of rest. When they move,
they make a faint, rustling sound, like whispers curled into lullabies.
The grass murmurs beneath your feet. It does not crunch
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or crack. Instead, it hushes. It strokes the soles of
your feet like fingers through hair. It is ticklish and soothing.
Every step you take is muffled, wrapped, and welcomed. The
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air here smells like warm milk. There is the softness
of fabric fresh from the sun, and the faintest hint
of something sweet baking nearby, cinnamon maybe, or warm vanilla.
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It's the kind of scent that eases the tension from
your shoulders without you noticing, it settles into your breath
and slows it deepens it. You follow the path ahead,
which is not paved, but plush made of memory foam
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stitched with soft thread, gently rising and falling with the
hills like the surface of a tucked in blanket. It
molds to your footsteps and then forgets them as soon
as you pass, so nothing ever weighs down the ground.
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You walk in silence, but it is not a lonely silence.
It is the silence of peace. As you near the
center of the village, you begin to see homes. Low
rounded houses with roofs like patchwork quilts. Each one is
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stitched together from cloth, feathers, moss, and soft stone. Windows
glow with warm amber light, as if inside every home
is a story being told slowly by firelight and soft hands.
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A gentle breeze moves through the village. It is thick
and slow, like syrup made of sunlight. It drapes over
your skin, tugging softly at your clothes, brushing your cheeks
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like a mother smoothing your hair. You pause because just
ahead a villager steps out from their home. They do
not speak They do not wave, They only smile slowly
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and tenderly, and then they bow their heads just enough
to say I see you, You are welcome here. Their
eyes are kind, their posture open. There is no expectation
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in their presence, only invitation. Another joins them, then another,
one from a porch wrapped in vines, one from behind
a curtain of softly rustling beads. Each one greets you
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the same way, with stillness, with softness, with knowing. They
make you comfortable without saying anything. They do not ask
why you're here. They do not need to, because the
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village itself has already answered. You're safe, you're welcome, you belong.
A quiet sound interrupts your thoughts, a faint rhythmic purring.
You glance down. There, brushing against your leg is a small,
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round animal, perhaps a cat or a rabbit, or something
dream like. In between, its fur is soft and thick,
the color of cream and soot.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Its eyes blink.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Slowly, as if they've just woken from a nap, and
in the pores between blinks, it leans gently into your
shin and curls itself into a viral on your foot.
It does not demand attention. It simply exists near you,
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resting in your presence, as if you've always known each other.
You reach down to touch it, and it hums beneath
your palm, not quite a purr, not quite a song,
but something steady and low, like a heartbeat made audible.
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The sound vibrates through your fingertips and settles into your chest.
You do not want to move, but the path continues.
The villagers step aside. They're quiet, welcome, lingering like a
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blanket laid over your shoulders. The soft animal follows you
at a sleepy pace, not too close, not too far,
padding silently along the whispering grass. Everything here is designed
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for one thing.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Rest.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
The trees don't rush to grow, the breeze doesn't chase
the leaves, even time itself seems to have removed its
shoes and settled.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
In for a while.
Speaker 1 (19:39):
You walk a little slower, you breathe a little deeper,
and with each step deeper into the village, you feel
something begin to melt. The tightness behind your eyes, the
knot at the base of your neck, the ache you
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hadn't even noticed in your chest. It all begins to settle,
to soften, and you realize gently that this place was
made for you. The path ahead curves gently, like it
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doesn't want to interrupt your rhythm.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
You walk without thinking.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
Each step comes with ease, your body lighter than it was.
The soft animal still follows at a quiet distance, its
poor steps barely a whisper ahead, a soft golden glow
spills out from the windows of a nearby home, low
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rounded cottage nestled beneath a drooping velvet tree. The door,
made of stitched cushions and quilted fabric, folds open without sound.
As you approach. You step inside. The air within is warmer,
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scented with something soft, like the faintest trace of honey.
All around you are pillows. They cover the floor, the walls,
the ceiling, round ones, square ones, long ones, shaped like arms,
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ready to wrap around you. Some breathe gently, rising and
falling like sleeping pets. Others hum softly like they're dreaming.
You sink into one, a large moss colored pillow that
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cradles your back and hips and head as if it
had been waiting for your exact shape. You close your eyes,
and in the quiet you begin to feel something. It's
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the feeling of being seen without having to speak. Of
being understood without having to explain. The pillow doesn't ask
what's wrong, It doesn't offer solutions. It just holds you,
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breath by breath, moment by moment, until you you feel
like maybe, just maybe, you don't need to hold yourself
up anymore. When you rise, the pillow rises too, lifting
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you gently, almost reluctantly. The sky is still warm, still soft,
but the light has changed. You've rested, and now the
path calls again. You step outside, and the breeze greets
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you like an old friend, Slow and warm, you follow it.
Soon the cottages give way to an open space, and
you find yourself walking beneath tall velvet trees. Their trunks
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are wide and curved, like arms mid embrace. Their leaves
hang low, brushing against your face.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
With every step.
Speaker 1 (24:14):
They hum like the sound of comfort itself, low and
constant and steady. Beneath one of the trees is a nest.
It's a human sized one, built from giant leaves and
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bits of silken moss. You step into it without hesitation.
The moment your body sinks down, the leaves mold to
your shape. They warm slightly, like sun warmed fabric, and
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a faint scent of pine, and something flow rises into
the air.
Speaker 2 (25:04):
You lie still.
Speaker 1 (25:06):
The tree above continues to hum, and the breeze weaves
through its branches like a lullaby being braided into the wind.
When you rise again, the world does not feel rushed.
You walk on slower now. Just ahead you find a
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quiet courtyard paved with soft flat stones. At the center
is a fountain, but instead of water, it flows with
something darker and richer, herbal tea. It steams gently, and
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its scent curls into the air like a hand beckoning
you forward. A villager is already there, holding a small
cup with both hands. They offer it to you with
a nod and a gaze that says this is for you.
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The cup is warm in your hands.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
You sip.
Speaker 1 (26:28):
The tea is mild, neither sweet nor strong. It is
the kind of warmth that doesn't ask anything of you.
It just spreads through your chest, your shoulders, your spine.
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You finish the cup slowly. The villager smiles, takes the
cup gently, and disappears again, as if they were never there.
You sit for a while beside the tea fountain, letting
your breath match its rhythm. Soft, soft, softer, still, Eventually
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you rise, and once again the path welcomes you. The
final place on this journey is round and low, made
from woven branches and glowing fabric. It rests at the
edge of the village, tucked into the arms of a hill,
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half buried, like a secret that's never needed to hide.
You step inside the sanctuary. The inside glows with amber light.
Villagers sit quietly on mats and curved benches, facing a
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gentle fire at the very center of the room. The
flames dance slowly, like breath like heartbeats. You feel their
warmth around you, not from heat, but from presence. It
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is the warmth of people who expect nothing from you,
who don't need your story or your explanation, who simply
want you to rest.
Speaker 2 (28:47):
You find a seat near the fire.
Speaker 1 (28:51):
It isn't a chair exactly, more like an embrace carved
from the earth.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
It curved, cradling.
Speaker 1 (29:04):
You sink into it, and your body sinks too.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
You fold in.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
You melt, You exhale in a way you didn't know.
You hadn't yet. There is nothing else you need to do.
You are here, held and around you, the villagers breathe
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with you, quiet and full and slow. You stay in
the sanctuary for a while. There is no urgency to rise,
no clock ticking behind your ribs. The air hums low
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and warm. The fire flickers gently before you, like the
tail end of a candle's flame. Each breath you take
draws warmth deeper into your chest. It doesn't settle like weight,
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It doesn't press or pull. It grounds you, like being
tucked into a familiar bed after a long journey, like
the slow ex hail after a cry, Like the moment
someone wraps a blanket around your shoulders and says nothing
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because they don't need to. The firelight flickers across your skin.
Your head leans to the side without effort. The chair
or nest or embrace you're nestled in responds. It rises
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just enough to meet your cheek, offering a surface soft
enough to sleep on, strong enough to support you. Your
eyes drift closed, but you are not gone, not yet.
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Around you, the villagers remain sitting, resting, glowing with the.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Same soft peace.
Speaker 1 (31:39):
No one moves, no one interrupts, but you feel their
presence like a lullaby without words. The flames dance, and
then a voice returns. It is low, gentle, threaded through
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the air, like the sound of distant waves touching a
quiet shore. It's time to go home, dreamer. You recognize
it before you blink your eyes slowly. It's the librarian.
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His voice is different from the hush of the temple,
not louder, not sharper, just steady, certain, a voice you'd
follow anywhere, A voice that lulls you to sleep and
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rest and comfort. His presence alone wraps around your thoughts
like a soft coat, like the hush between heart beats.
You feel yourself rising with your being, like warmth rising
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off the surface of tea, like mist lifting from the grass.
The sanctuary does not vanish. It recedes slowly, and you
realize that the town is only going to sleep deep
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into sleep. You are not leaving it behind. You are
bringing it with you, tucked into the quiet corners of
your breath and your bed. The path appears once more,
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but this time you do not walk. The ground moves
beneath you, slowly, gently carrying you back the way you came,
past the tea fountain, past the velvet trees, past the
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pillow house that still hums in your memory. The soft
animal is there too, walking beside you, slow and loyal
and calm. The breeze returns. It's warmer, now scented with
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rest and lavender and the faintest memory of safety. It
circles you once and then guides you forward like a
current made of moonlight. And then the hallway appears. You
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know it instantly, even before it fully forms, that shimmering
stretch of moonlight that leads not to a place, but
to a state of being. The light ripples beneath your
feet like silver water. The scent of old paper and
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night air greets you again, as if nothing has changed,
and yet everything has softened. The librarian walks beside you.
Now you are not being dismissed. You are being returned.
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The hallway stretches long and quiet. It does not rush,
neither do you. At its end, your room emerges, slow, steady,
like a photo developing in water. There is your bed,
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your blanket, your pillow, waiting with the exact curve you need.
Your eyelids are heavy with sleep. The hallway gently places
you back inside yourself. Your limbs return loose and light.
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Your breath deepens, the mattress catching you as if it
too had been waiting. You are home, but you are
also changed. You carry the velvet grove in your bone,
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the quiety in your chest, the hum of pillows in
your shoulders, the firelight in your belly. And as your
body sinks deeper into rest, the librarian's voice returns, this
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time quieter and slower. It's a quiet whisper inside your heartbeat.
His voice is the last thing you hear before you
drift off in sleep. You are safe, you are held,
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You are home rest. Now see you again at the library.
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