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[smilelikeaknife]

Leap day.

How many of you will leap?

Try this:

I'll answer one question, if you ask it properly, and providing it isn't offensively stupid.

Think carefully. I'm not burdened by time, and the next time I pay attention to mortal calendar affairs may be few and far between.

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[smilelikeaknife]

[Desire watches him for a moment, and waves a hand]

I could feel your pain from the Threshold.

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[goryteller]

It's been a difficult month.

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[smilelikeaknife]

Cassie Holmes.

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[goryteller]

And Andrew Bernard.

I have poor luck, with friends.

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[smilelikeaknife]

Or they have poor luck with you.

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[goryteller]

[He pauses. Takes that in.]

I'm going to kill someone.

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[smilelikeaknife]

Why not kill them now?

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[goryteller]

I'm not talking about shaving decades off of someone's life again. [Now he turns from Desire. He paces, agitated, his hands curling behind his back.] I'm talking about a day. Days maybe.

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[smilelikeaknife]

It's not the time.

[There is some intense scrutiny, here]

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[goryteller]

It's for a message. It's for something I want

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[smilelikeaknife]

Well then.

By all means.

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[goryteller]

[He hesitates. Stops pacing.]

Do I have your permission, then?

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[smilelikeaknife]

Do what you like.

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[goryteller]

Will you punish me?

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[smilelikeaknife]

No.

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[goryteller]

[He quiets his voice. His stance.]

Thank you. Lord and Lady.

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[smilelikeaknife]

[Desire's smile is sharp]

You're welcome. Don't waste it.

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[goryteller]

I wouldn't dream of it. You're so important, to me.

[He steps closer.]

You're beautiful.

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[smilelikeaknife]

[Desire takes a drag]

You said that.

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[goryteller]

Like a lantern with an open flame.

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[smilelikeaknife]

Are you a butterfly?

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[goryteller]

You never see butterflies at night.

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[smilelikeaknife]

I don't care for moths.

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[goryteller]

[Beat.]

Most don't.

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[smilelikeaknife]

[Desire presses fingers against his cheek]

Are you lumping me in with most?