He likes Ali better than most of the fair folk, although she also puzzles and frustrates him by turns. Still, she seems better-intentioned than some fae he could think of, not to name any names, and genuinely seems to care.
She also stands up to him at times, which unsettles him nearly as much as her affection--she's confusing and touchy, and at times he's not sure what to make of that.
Dream feels as much filial affection for his sister as he is capable, as well as the vague protective instincts common to all elder brothers. She is powerful and wild, though, and her innate unpredictability sometimes frightens him. All in all, he prefers dealing with her on her good days.
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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She also stands up to him at times, which unsettles him nearly as much as her affection--she's confusing and touchy, and at times he's not sure what to make of that.
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And she hasn't even had to bread him yet.
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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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