Things are, in dreams, one might say... an empty void. A space not unlike Hueco Mungo - vast and without borders. You think this, when you arrive in the landscape of your own mind
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[RUN AWAY is what she thinks she should be doing, and almost does. It's like walking a tightrope, almost - the way she holds her breath, her movement. Presses her lips together and takes the step.]
To listen to one's emotions is to be chained at the throat. And if there is something troubling a person, the better course lies with changing the circumstances, rather than adjusting oneself.
...I would not change it. Perhaps I would change the world that makes it.
[Why is she even asking this other than she's grown bolder. Or maybe she's trying to change the circumstances. She's wanted to do this for so long, anyway. It's like a scab she can't stop picking at.]
To live in a world of glass and paper is, by its nature, trying. But when given the choice to weaken oneself or strengthen the world... who would choose weakness?
I'd take things back. Things I said. People I hurt. And I'd make it more like the world my sister told me about.
I'd like to think we're both from the same place, but there's know way to know, is there?
And this place? Tch. Well, these broadcasts wouldn't happen again. Ever.
Also there'd be lie detectors on the Forges. And evil detectors on the Door. Maybe a siren everytime some jerk got dropped here, just so we'd know what we were getting into.
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Is there something troubling you, Dawn?
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Is that. How you feel?
[It's different than she expected.]
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[Aizen narrows his eyes a little, considering that.]
I suppose you could say that is a reasonable representation.
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[she wants to say I'm sorry, but she's not sure. If she is. Or what it would matter.]
...would you change it? I mean if you could?
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...I would not change it. Perhaps I would change the world that makes it.
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How?
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[Is that an answer? Who even knows.]
Why do you ask, Dawn?
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...I'm not. I don't know. I guess I just...
...I guess I'd change the world too.
[pauuuuuse]
I expected it--- I mean you--- to feel. Different? Above it. Untouchable, I guess.
[Ugh. Too many I guesses. Not like she can take them back after speaking, though.]
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How would you change it, then?
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I'd like to think we're both from the same place, but there's know way to know, is there?
And this place? Tch. Well, these broadcasts wouldn't happen again. Ever.
Also there'd be lie detectors on the Forges. And evil detectors on the Door. Maybe a siren everytime some jerk got dropped here, just so we'd know what we were getting into.
And the mist would stop making people do things.
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Ah. Evil detectors?
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I should ask the tunnelmen.
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