Dream ♠ o12 「dated to the 8th」

[unfearful]

Warnings: Spoilers for Eureka Seven manga, non-graphic blood.
Dream Effects: [Optional] Burning pain, with occasional stabs of pain and a very, very painful one at the end of the dream. Hope, love, and bittersweet acceptance at the end of the dream, with lots of determination throughout. Also a moment of feeling lost and another of complete despair

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[insorrow]

[Well.

[What was that? A dream? A memory, maybe? Whatever it was, it was far too private for someone like him to have seen: he was sure of that, and yet he couldn't make himself turn the Dreamberry off, or over. Having started watching, he couldn't make himself stop. Had to see this one through... but now he has Ken really doesn't know what there is to say about it, so he settles for this:]

Hey. Are you all right?

[unfearful]

Huh? Ah, yeah... I'm fine.

[And he's telling the truth.]

[insorrow]

You're sure?

[Yes. Of course he's sure. He's telling the truth and Ken knows it. He doesn't know what he was expecting to hear, but that level of complete sincerity in Dominic's voice catches him off-guard. He blinks.]

You've... really been here for a year?

[unfearful]

[Nod]

Yeah. I've a hard time believing it myself, to be honest.

[insorrow]

I... kinda almost feel like there should be something for that. Like... a badge or something. Every other anniversary gets something, right?

[Okay, that was probably a stupid thing to say.]

And I'd have a hard time believing it too, yaknow. It's a long time to spend somewhere like this.

[unfearful]

Well, I can't really say that I haven't gotten used to it by now. And there are people who've been here even longer...

[insorrow]

Even so, a full year feels different. It'd be like a weird kind of birthday or something...

Oh, thanks for the help when I showed up, by the way!

[unfearful]

Ah... you're welcome?

[He thinks Ken is talking about that time in Somni, but he's not entirely sure.]

[insorrow]

Still, it was nice. Being here for such a long time, you're in a good place to help out. [And I for one am very glad you did.]

[unfearful]

[He still doesn't quite see how he helped so much, but, um, he might as well accept it.]

I guess...

[insorrow]

You did, really. And it's gotta be pretty different here from what you were used to, too... I mean, even without the dreams and stuff.

[unfearful]

... Yeah, it is.

[insorrow]

I wonder if that makes it easier or harder?

Yeah? For me it's not that different, really. Well, except for the really weird stuff. We don't have floating mountains in Tokyo. Or ghosts. But it's still a city, right?

[unfearful]

Ghosts don't exist in my world either, so I understand what you mean.

[... The floating mountain is debatable.]

Though yes, the structure of the city isn't too different from what I'm used to as well.

Okay, I'm not getting my notifications for some reason.

[insorrow]

It's funny though, I actually kinda prefer it with the ghosts there? It's less creepy to have ghosts everywhere than to see a city that empty. The bit where there's a village in the middle of it is just weird, though. It's kinda like the whole city's inside-out.

Yeah, I'm getting them late.

[unfearful]

Yeah... though like I said, it's just something you get used to.