"My home. You would not understand."
"Then what?"
"Then I sleep again and dream another world."
"Why did you kill George Sanderson?"
"It is my eternal destiny to kill and suffer punishment."
"Why? Why?"
"In my world I committed a crime; it is the punishment of my world, this destiny...."
"Then try this on for size," Ritchie said. "That kid's frozen stiff with fear. Since he's going to have to wake up no matter what, then why not sit back and enjoy it?"
Kaplan's eyes widened. "Hank, how soundly do you sleep?"
"What's that got to do with it?"