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[blue_ajah]

A line of silver light flickers and then widens into a portal. Beyond it can be seen a stone corridor, dusty with disuse and somehow almost wrong in shape, and sealed at each end.

The illusion of "Syrenne" fades as Moiraine steps through into Milliways, and for a single unguarded moment the Aes Sedai looks unutterably weary.

"Matters worsen, I think, if familiar paths are twisted so," she murmurs under her breath. "Perhaps a space here will grant respite enough, still." Moiraine straightens, then, and glides toward her usual table, signaling to Holly as she passes.

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[always-thirsty.livejournal.com]

He looks her straight in the face.

"You want the truth?"

[blue_ajah]

"I should prefer it so."

Calmly, still studying him.

[always-thirsty.livejournal.com]

"I need to screw someone. Not because it's fun. Not because they're hot. But because while we're going at it, I can drink from their life essence, just enough to keep me sane without hurting them or ensnaring them. Just enough to keep me going until I screw someone else."

He looks down at Mouse, who looks mildly guilty.

"That's why the bar can't help me."

[blue_ajah]

A single blink.

"I see."