They aren't in the garden, and they aren't in the library. They aren't at the small table that often holds tea and coffee and such snacks as Kate prefers to eat or tear apart as she speaks. This is somewhere else, somewhere built of if and maybe, of cloud and mist. There is more color than substance, more potential than realization ( Read more... )

"Lady, lady, touch the ground,"
lub dub, lub dub
Something is going on somewhere else.
lub dub, lub dub
"Lady, lady, turn around."
lub dub, lub dubThat's alright, though, because the sun is bright and beige and the birds are singing in a strawberry scented sky. Its almost exactly perfect, and what makes it actually perfect is the expression on ( Read more... )

He would like to be able to tell her that this is a dream, that things are better than they are.

He can't.

But he wasn't there last time, and he is here this time, and yes. Part of Daniel is hoping he can avoid having his nose broken again by stepping in earlier to say "You are not alone".

So between here and there is a little bit of a detour ( Read more... )

There are certain things in life which Must Be Done. Not as the Rules are, but a somewhat different set of rules. Things which are accomplished to hold together the threads of civilization, of friendship, and of family ( Read more... )

He doesn't know that something is going to happen.

Daniel is Dream, not Destiny.

So he is doing the things that he normally does, and doesn't expect Moiraine.

The hall of Daniel's castle in the Dreaming is many things to many people ( Read more... )

So a demon, an ex-turtle, and a personification of Dreams walk into an ofice ( Read more... )

From Kitty's room to the balcony in the Dreaming.

Daniel never takes her to a garden, he would not presume. So there is the balcony, and a soft chair for her to sit in.

In the morning, there is a light knock on Moiraine's door.

On a chair, near the bed she slept in, is a set of modern clothing. A more modern blue dress, a jacket, and a purse with all the bits of information that might be asked of someone in a modern world.

"Moiraine? Would you like to visit one of the worlds that I am fond of?"

( Or forgiveness vs. non-forgiveness )