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[ivory_gold]

There was a vampire who had found something close to happiness in his life. Perhaps not true happiness, but something close to it

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[treadingdawn]

You have memories of this place? If they feel like a dream of a dream then you cannot be mad.

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[ivory_gold]

He looks to the computer's speakers with puzzlement and vague annoyance. He expects text, and thus the sudden speech is unsettling and he dislikes being unsettled.

He leans closer to the computer to ensure his voice is picked up by whatever microphone it might have. How to tell this man that he knows that he is not mad because madness is more like sandpaper to the soul, as he knows from memory and experience.

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[treadingdawn]

...Well, that is different.

For most of us the memories become clearer the longer we stay upon our return.

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[ivory_gold]

Asher cannot explain how to find things mad yet not be mad any more than he can explain the nature of a vampire's memory to one who is not a vampire. The best description he ever heard was to liken the immortals' memories to flies in amber. Perhaps, he thinks, that is why the memories are returning to him as they are, like vignettes caught in amber being polished until they shine through the golden stasis.

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[treadingdawn]

You have a vivid tongue. I suppose that is a contradiction of the senses but it is true.

I am Caspian.

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[ivory_gold]

I am Asher.

And it appears the urge to narrate has passed.

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[treadingdawn]

Well it was certainly a strange curse but I admit I found your language poetic.

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[ivory_gold]

It would have been lovelier in French.

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[treadingdawn]

I don't speak that language but a friend of mine is learning it. Are you French?

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[ivory_gold]

Yes, but I have been living among English speakers in recent years.

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[treadingdawn]

Perhaps I should tell Susan to speak with you for practice.

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[ivory_gold]

Perhaps. Do you know any other French speakers here?

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[treadingdawn]

I believe Henry may speak French but I haven't heard from him in some time. Certainly not myself.

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[ivory_gold]

It is a small thing. I have other concerns. I don't expect that the apartment I shared when I was here before will be unoccupied.

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[treadingdawn]

It might be unoccupied. There are many places of residence here, enough to house those who come and go and those who seem to stay longer.

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[ivory_gold]

I think I would rather stay elsewhere. There are memories I would rather not polish out of their haze.