Nightmares

 *Ives is a frightening man, even to his friends. It's a good thing that he does in fact want to make friends in his way. If he didn't . . . well, there would be that many more dead people in the world.

*Said friends know this, of course. He has found in his long life that honesty makes for better friendships. Which may explain why people he is friendly towards tend to have more nightmares than the average.

*Nightmares like this . . .*