[It's good enough. He's tired, some part of his brain desperately struggling to wake itself, and he needs something to galvanize his subconscious into remembering what it always frantically tries to forget.
The pain drumming into the sides of his skull is too much to bear. He charges directly into the blaze with a bloodcurdling yell, lets his skin ignite in that familiar crisping roar of flames, only this time it's meant to be permanent. Let it eat away at him.
He's howling at the top of his lungs, a triumphant, hateful sound, letting the fire eat away at him, fry the skin from his bones and char the rest to ash, his scream climbing in pitch until -
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The pain drumming into the sides of his skull is too much to bear. He charges directly into the blaze with a bloodcurdling yell, lets his skin ignite in that familiar crisping roar of flames, only this time it's meant to be permanent. Let it eat away at him.
He's howling at the top of his lungs, a triumphant, hateful sound, letting the fire eat away at him, fry the skin from his bones and char the rest to ash, his scream climbing in pitch until -
until -
Until the next thing he knows, he's awake again.]