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[clumsy_auror]

The contractions are regular, now. Regular, and steady, and growing stronger. She keeps giving Bernard feeble smiles, as she paces the floor, trying to stay limber and move around while she still can.

One imagines the kettle will be going fairly constantly for the people ensconced in the living room.

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[platonicowgirl.livejournal.com]

"Oh? And who is she, exactly?" A small, teasing smile. "Deviance?"

[lord-of-dreams.livejournal.com]

"Death."

Even Dream knows this is a bad place to stop (which is saying something),

"She speaks to each thing as it comes into existence, save only Destiny. She spoke the first words, and they were spoken to me. She will be there to speak to Anthony as well, although only he will see her."

Its a canon thing.

[platonicowgirl.livejournal.com]

And now the smile is gone, and the gaping commences.

"Well. That's a philosophical conundrum and a half."

[lord-of-dreams.livejournal.com]

He spreads his hands in a manner which seems to say "Sorry, simply part of what I am" and looks faintly helpless.

Babies he's good with. Adults, not so much.

[platonicowgirl.livejournal.com]

"Sorry, I--"

She stops, for once pretty unsure.

"So, Bernard said you're Dreams um. Physically, as well as metaphorically?"

[lord-of-dreams.livejournal.com]

"It is slightly easier to think of me as a projected representation of what you would expect creative thought to look like, if you expected it to look more or less human."

Which explains why the length of his nose, shape of his jaw, angle of cheek bones, and a billion other things seems to be subtly different with every passing second. Only the color, eyes, and hair stay the same,

"This, the part of Dream known as Morpheus, is a fragment of Dream of the Endless. Specifically the fragment that you are most capable of understanding and interacting with. In later times it would be Daniel, Dream of the Endless, but that will not be for several decades in your time-frame."

Does this help? If nothing else, it should be a distraction from the noises in the other room...

[platonicowgirl.livejournal.com]

"But that's fascinating. To be--to be all things, in a manner of speaking, and one thing at once." She pauses. "To be in Anthony's head, and Bernard's head, and, I don't know, some random patron's head right now, and be here, talking to me..."

She grins.

"Groovy, as my son might say."

[lord-of-dreams.livejournal.com]

"Everyone's."

He says mildly, and smiles back at her. It isn't a grin, but its a smile.

"Has Bernard spoken of the seven of us?"

He figures that it could be a distraction. From Tonks, and from the questions that she's probably going to start asking eventually.

[platonicowgirl.livejournal.com]

"Oh, just briefly, when he said Anthony is one of yours." Her eyes narrow. "I'm still not sure I get that, by the way."

[lord-of-dreams.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes,"

He knew it wouldn't last, and gives a purely theoretical shrug,

"Some beings are directed toward something. They may be soldiers from birth, or mad, or obsessive. Doomed to despair, called to a destiny. Those are ours. Our chosen ones, gifted by us with an extra virtue from us. I am within you, as is Destiny, Death, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Del. Anthony, however, will be as much within me as I am within you.

He will be intelligent enough to cause others to stand in awe, he will be creative, he will take joy in learning. He may be artistic, I would not be surprised considering his parents. Many of the traits which I embody, he will have more of than ordinary people. I would say all, but I am not omnipotent; I offered them to him while he was yet unborn and he chose the ones which he wanted.

As well, he will have me watching over him. I will guard him, guide him, and be with him; most often unseen even by him, for every second of his life.

This does not mean he will always be safe, there are rules that I must follow. Within those rules, if called, I will be there. From danger to babysitting needs, I will be available. For Tonks and Bernard, now, and for Anthony's children should he so choose to have them."

[platonicowgirl.livejournal.com]

Kathleen is quiet for a long time, taking it in.

Then, "Does my son belong to one of you, too?"

[lord-of-dreams.livejournal.com]

"My Sibling, Desire."

He says mildly, with a small shrug,

"Your son feels very strongly about things."

[platonicowgirl.livejournal.com]

Kathleen snorts.

"I noticed."

[lord-of-dreams.livejournal.com]

Dream smiles as well,

"At some point you may manage to find Desire in Milliways. It is neither male nor female, of smoke colored skin and golden eyes."

Hard to miss. She'll know it if she sees it.

[platonicowgirl.livejournal.com]

"I'll keep an eye peeled." She takes another breath, trying to relax. "So. All your siblings visit from time to time?"

[lord-of-dreams.livejournal.com]

"Not all of them."

He says, then pauses and restates,

"Not all of them visit in a manner which is capable of being interacted with. Destiny does not come, as his presence upsets the balance of the place."

Specifically, Destiny's presence makes Morpheus in an unstable state of being/non-being that is somewhat fixed but still pretty damn freaky for the third of the Endless,

"And Despair has, to my knowledge, not come in person in close to a year."

[platonicowgirl.livejournal.com]

"I'm glad to hear it. That's something the place has quite enough of without a physical manifestation."

Yes, she's been observing.

[lord-of-dreams.livejournal.com]

"She is a much better companion than many understand."

Dream says it mildly, because he is fond of his sisters,

"Her function is Despair, yet she is a companion for those who in many cases would otherwise be utterly alone. Do not think that she does not suffer along with those who dwell in her realm."

[platonicowgirl.livejournal.com]

"It would be interesting, to meet her, I think. All of them, perhaps."

[lord-of-dreams.livejournal.com]

"We are..."

He looks for words, and finally has to settle on,

"An interesting Family."

[platonicowgirl.livejournal.com]

"So are we."