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[outsidewindows]

[If Lucifer has been having 'dreams' it's hard to say. He's not in the Chateau for once, or the streets. It's hard to say where, exactly, he is; the wall is featureless behind him.]

As difficult as it is to call this a vacation spot, I thought it was important to find a way to take time off. So here I am, and there you all are.

[More he could say

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[buntails]

[Something about that doesn't seem right.]

Did something happen?

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[outsidewindows]

[And he just switches the filter.]

Have you noticed anything...strange lately?

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[buntails]

I know I'm not supposed to talk to you.

[And she doesn't mean because her friends would worry. She means because he's not supposed to be real. None of them are.]

But when you seemed upset, I couldn't leave it alone.

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[outsidewindows]

[And the fact she'd pick him to talk to at all for that reason is...surprising. And also not.]

Usagi, what have you seen?

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[buntails]

[It's what's killing her during all those 'therapy' sessions. She's a person who can't leave others alone, can't shut them out, can't help worrying for them and loving them. How can she accept the idea that something so important to her doesn't even truly exist?]

Seen? Well... Everything seems normal right now.... [But it seems normal at night, too. And the part of her that can't give up her friends wars with the part that wants to be home and see the ones who aren't here again for real.]

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[outsidewindows]

What is it like when it isn't like this, then? [He speaks gently with her, like a friend, because he can tell how rattled she is. How confused.]

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[buntails]

[She's not using you as her therapist, Lucifer. She gets enough.

Usagi answers the question with a question. She doesn't know what she'll make of his answer, but she wants to hear it anyway.]

Is being here real?

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[outsidewindows]

Yes.

[He knows it is. It has to be.]

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[buntails]

[He's the first person to say that to her since the week started. She starts to firm up, with her hopes bolstered.]

Then telling me this is all a delusion or something, that's a lie?

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[outsidewindows]

Yes. There are multiple realities. This is one of them. [That's what bothers him.]

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[buntails]

But... in that case... it might still not be the reality I'm supposed to be in.

[Well she knows that already, doesn't she? She's been trying to get home. Or is that, like they tell her, a subconscious drive to get away from the illusions and heal herself?]

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[abrotherlikeyou]

Do you believe in fate?

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[buntails]

[That, she answers quickly and absolutely. She knows how powerful Fate is.]

I do.

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[abrotherlikeyou]

Then you should know that if you are here, you were meant to be here.

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[buntails]

You sound like Rei-chan a little when you say that.

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[abrotherlikeyou]

[That gets a not-quite-chuckle.]

Well, don't tell her that.