MUSHISHI - The Alley through the Pillow

-The dream came from the pillow.

''there is a gathering place for the Mushi,''
''and that they stay there while their host is awake.''

I never thought they'd be here.
Damn filthy Mushi!

Don't do it!

Why?
Why me?

***

Looks like your quick aid saved him.
He should be fine.

Did you know this would happen?
I only cut the pillow.

Did you know?
It's said that the word ''makura'' come from ''tamashii no kura''.
The word ''pillow'' means a ''soul vaulet''.
You spend almost a third of your life on your pillow.
So it was believed that your soul resided in you pillow.
And that is the Yumeno Noawai's nest,
...and it was the pathway between your dreams and reality.
I know that you’d lose something if you were to cut it.

***

-Between dreams and reality is the vault of your soul.
No one could see the ''Dream World'' without this path.

***

He later continued working as a blacksmith.
He was well known for this skill…
But in time his mind became poisoned.
At times he’d draw his sword on the street,
…and in the end he faced it towards himself.
People would say…
''He feared sleep.''
''He’d say that his soul would slip down into nothing.''
He's not dreamed once since the day he cut his pillow.