Challenge #04275-K257: A Little Death

There is a terrible condition some humans are born with. Slowly, over time, they lose the ability to sleep. And when their body does pass out, they do not remain that way long, and there are no dreams. A human that remains awake for more than 11 days straight, almost always dies. Desperately they seek someone, anyone, for help. Magic, or medicine, they didn't care. They didn't have long left to live. -- Anon Guest

[AN: My research shows that people don't typically last longer than three days. Also is this a CritRole reference? ]

Some maladies burn hot, and the case is either kill or cure before one end or another is reached. Some burn so slow that the victim isn't aware they're sick for decades. Somewhere in the middle is the disease they call Insomnus.

It smoulders, and then it incinerates. It smoulders so long that none have yet been able to tell how it's contracted. The patient generally has low energy, but never low enough to cause concern. Until, without warning, they begin to have a succession of terrible nights and exhausted days.

Shortly after that, they stop dreaming.

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