...do you think any of the others have been having dreams like this?
[He's not asking as means of assigning blame at himself -- but rather, to think that anyone else who was out on that draft could be being tormented like this on a nightly basis was a rather distressing thought.]
[But at the same time, it could mean that someone out there might know what to do about it. If he knew a way of stopping the nightmares, he would have done it ages ago.]
[action]
[He's not asking as means of assigning blame at himself -- but rather, to think that anyone else who was out on that draft could be being tormented like this on a nightly basis was a rather distressing thought.]
[But at the same time, it could mean that someone out there might know what to do about it. If he knew a way of stopping the nightmares, he would have done it ages ago.]