009 ♔ dream;

[maskmastery]

Effects: Confusion, loss, perhaps a hollow, lingering sort of discomfort.

Comments

video;

[aevitas]

[she watches Marianne with the slighest flicker of something in her uncanny eyes, before C.C. remarks quietly:]

You still dream about that day. [not a question. more of a statement]

video;

[maskmastery]

[He doesn't appear at all surprised to hear from her - especially not after this dream. He greets her with a small, dry smile.]

It was the type of experience that lingers.

video;

[aevitas]

I'd imagine there are many such experiences, hm?

video;

[maskmastery]

[He smiles innocuously.]

Such is life, right?

video;

[aevitas]

And I thought you were drawn to the present.

video;

[maskmastery]

It would be short-sighted, if I didn't consider the rest.

video;

[aevitas]

You haven't changed at all since then, have you?

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[maskmastery]

Haven't I?

You sound as though you knew me well, then.

video;

[aevitas]

I'm more familiar with your family then most, that's true.

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[aevitas]

But--didn't you already know this?

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[maskmastery]

Knowledge can be a difficult thing, without the resolve of experience behind it.

video;

[aevitas]

But isn't that more unpleasant?

video;

[maskmastery]

Unpleasant? How so?

video;

[aevitas]

Accumulations of experiences. They can be tedious.

video;

[maskmastery]

But they remain useful. Necessary, even.