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Faith comes into the bar from upstairs, obviously just out of the shower - all the blood is gone, and her hair is still wet, clinging to her shoulders.
Her expression is completely unreadable as she moves to the bar and acquires two things - coffee, and a room key - before moving to a table.
Her expression is completely unreadable as she moves to the bar and acquires two things - coffee, and a room key - before moving to a table.
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"You don't have to stay with me, you know. Moiraine...she might need you."
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He returns the smile, equally faintly.
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Faith blinks. A lot.
"...does it hurt?"
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He shrugs, and waves a hand at random,
"The terminology is that the Dreaming is my realm. It is more correct to state that I, as Lord Morpheus or Daniel or Nyarlathotep, am a small fraction of the Dreaming."
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A lot.
More.
"...no pain for Dream. Good! That's...good."
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"No pain for Dream. And it is not a problem for me to be here."
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Faith smiles, soft, fond.
"Thank you. For caring about me even though I'm not yours."
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Ask him about some of those he doesn't care for! Or not, whatever.
"I am fond of you. I always have been."
Yes, even when she was running around with the Mayor.
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"Never bitterly disappointed?"
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And when you think about it, Dream isn't the most moral of beings either. He's bigger than that.
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"Yeah. I take pride in that."
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He says with a smile,
"It is one of the things which I admire about you."
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"Flattery."
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"It still surprises me. That people care."
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He has an equally wry look on his face.
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Faith laughs, softly.
"Yes it is."
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He says mildly,
"You have been through much, and can not be entirely blamed for the things which you once did. Even if you could, you have spent a very long time becoming far better than those who once had reason to condemn you."
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"Not better than...not really. I don't think so."
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And somewhere in the two words is the opinion that if she did think so he probably would not. Yet it is the way it is, so she will just have to put up with his pride.
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Or maybe a lot.
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His own being in the past, and rather more likely to have people from here to get in the way of her vacation.
"I as Daniel would be pleased to see you again under better circumstances."
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