[Not chasing those dreams again, not like this - she can't follow him there. The last time was close, yet in her dreams since, when she remembered the night... it was like death was an impossible thing for her. An impossibility; she is drowning in a lake and unable to take in water, she is on fire but unable to burn.
[ Stay with me. Stay with me. It repeats and repeats while he's all alone. ]
White blood. Black blood. Together, bathed in it, feeding, drowning. Your hand ... it's in mine, even though our bodies are broken. We endure the pain, we watch each other's light fade. We break free from the deceit, Liv. We return to every place we've dreamt of. Every life we were meant to live as one. We find Fate at last. And when we wake up—
[She doesn't want to indulge him on this dream too much - but she doesn't want him off, wandering. Off wondering. Off getting more ideas to act upon. Sometimes she thinks he's right, in a way, and she wonders why she holds herself to this life with such rigidity. I can't die she tells herself, interpreting that as a desire to live instead of the simple, disguised fact: she cannot die. She will realize the distinction in time.]
[A promise made today, tonight - every night after. A promise made every day before in their lives, when they knew they were too important to one another to ever venture far. And as it stands, they've never had far to look before they managed to reunite.]
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[Not chasing those dreams again, not like this - she can't follow him there. The last time was close, yet in her dreams since, when she remembered the night... it was like death was an impossible thing for her. An impossibility; she is drowning in a lake and unable to take in water, she is on fire but unable to burn.
Her voice is quieter:]
Tell me what you saw. Describe it to me.
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White blood. Black blood. Together, bathed in it, feeding, drowning. Your hand ... it's in mine, even though our bodies are broken. We endure the pain, we watch each other's light fade. We break free from the deceit, Liv. We return to every place we've dreamt of. Every life we were meant to live as one. We find Fate at last. And when we wake up—
[ Silence. Softer. ]
We never see each other again. We see our self.
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[She doesn't want to indulge him on this dream too much - but she doesn't want him off, wandering. Off wondering. Off getting more ideas to act upon. Sometimes she thinks he's right, in a way, and she wonders why she holds herself to this life with such rigidity. I can't die she tells herself, interpreting that as a desire to live instead of the simple, disguised fact: she cannot die. She will realize the distinction in time.]
I want your embrace, as you have it, right now.
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[ He'll show her the woods. They'll get lost together. It won't feel cold if they make each other warm. ]
Will you find me?
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[A promise made today, tonight - every night after. A promise made every day before in their lives, when they knew they were too important to one another to ever venture far. And as it stands, they've never had far to look before they managed to reunite.]