Dream is wary of the Corinthian. He hasn't reached the point in his own timeline when he's found it necessary to make a second one, and thus recalls quite clearly the original's betrayal. That this one doesn't jive with what he remembers is disquieting, even to the lord of dreams.
I wrote my idea of his eulogy in The Wake in my journal, if you're interested.hungry_noteyesMay 4 2009, 00:14:29 UTC
And because I thought it only fair: what Corinthian thinks of Morpheus.
Love and hate, loyalty and disgust.
Corinthian was made to be loyal to a cruel master, who had left him before and would again. But he was still loyal, because he was made so. He looks at Morpheus like the ghost of a rabid dog, who was shot and only barely knows what it did wrong. A dog whose master had abandoned it, then killed it when it tried to bite his hand. Not knowing or caring that it's just what a mad dog does, in the end.
Morpheus is dead, so he can dare to hate as well as love him. He would choose Dream over Morpheus, and hate himself in doing so.
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Love and hate, loyalty and disgust.
Corinthian was made to be loyal to a cruel master, who had left him before and would again. But he was still loyal, because he was made so. He looks at Morpheus like the ghost of a rabid dog, who was shot and only barely knows what it did wrong. A dog whose master had abandoned it, then killed it when it tried to bite his hand. Not knowing or caring that it's just what a mad dog does, in the end.
Morpheus is dead, so he can dare to hate as well as love him. He would choose Dream over Morpheus, and hate himself in doing so.
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