1. I'm not gonna hurt you.Copy !req
2. You just killed that man.Copy !req
3. I just saved your life, again.
And I'm trying to save yours.Copy !req
4. From whom?Copy !req
5. From Morpheus.Copy !req
6. Who's Morpheus?Copy !req
7. Uh, Jeddy, can you give us a minute?Copy !req
8. You're one of the missing Nightmares.Copy !req
9. And you are the vortex.Copy !req
10. If you know that,
then you know Morpheus is watching me.Copy !req
11. You think he's watching you
so he can protect you?Copy !req
12. He's watching you
because the minute you fall asleepCopy !req
13. and start bringing the walls down
between people's dreams,Copy !req
14. he's gonna kill you.Copy !req
15. But if someone protected you,
kept him from killing you,Copy !req
16. well, then you'd become
the center of the Dreaming.Copy !req
17. He'd be powerless and I would be free.Copy !req
18. Ah. Good Doctor.Copy !req
19. Fifteen minutes till
our guest speaker's keynote address.Copy !req
20. Uh, how did it go with Philip Sitz?Copy !req
21. It went well.Copy !req
22. You were missed.Copy !req
23. - Did you find the boy?
- I did.Copy !req
24. We talked.Copy !req
25. He saw some grown-up things downstairs
that he didn't understand,Copy !req
26. but I explained it to him.Copy !req
27. He won't be a problem?Copy !req
28. Nothing I can't handle.Copy !req
29. I'll see you downstairs.Copy !req
30. So, I'm gonna go downstairs for an hour.Copy !req
31. Will you wait for me?Copy !req
32. No. I'm taking Jed. We're going home.Copy !req
33. Okay.Copy !req
34. Yeah, you can go if you want,Copy !req
35. but obviously it's not safe for you
to be wandering around the hotel.Copy !req
36. And if you leave the hotel,
Dream's Raven will find you.Copy !req
37. I'll tell you what.Copy !req
38. This is your room.Copy !req
39. You can have both keys.Copy !req
40. I'll come back in an hour.Copy !req
41. I'll knock.
If you want, you can let me in.Copy !req
42. But if not, I'll go away.Copy !req
43. Lock the door when I leave,
because you never know.Copy !req
44. Our guest of honor's presence
here tonight is proof,Copy !req
45. at least to me,Copy !req
46. that dreams do come true.Copy !req
47. He is a legend in his own lifetime,Copy !req
48. an inspiration to us all,Copy !req
49. one of the first and one of the best.Copy !req
50. Gentlemen. Ladies.Copy !req
51. The Corinthian.Copy !req
52. I don't usually speak in public,Copy !req
53. but the opportunity
to talk to so many peopleCopy !req
54. who share the same passion,
the same dream,Copy !req
55. well, it was just too good to pass up.Copy !req
56. Because you are special people.Copy !req
57. Very special people.Copy !req
58. We are the American dreamersCopy !req
59. driving down the holy road
of true knowledgeCopy !req
60. that's paved with blood and gold.Copy !req
61. And across the length
and breadth of this fair country,Copy !req
62. we are killing people.Copy !req
63. We don't do it to make a living,Copy !req
64. we don't do it for revenge.Copy !req
65. We do not murder for profit.Copy !req
66. We kill to kill.Copy !req
67. We are entrepreneurs
in an expanding field.Copy !req
68. But no one sees us
except for one weekend a year.Copy !req
69. Well, I see you.Copy !req
70. I see you for who you truly are.Copy !req
71. And I want you to see it, too.Copy !req
72. So just do me a favor.Copy !req
73. Close your eyes.Copy !req
74. And see yourselves as I do.Copy !req
75. We are gladiators.Copy !req
76. Conquerors.Copy !req
77. - We are explorers...Copy !req
78. — ... truth seekers.Copy !req
79. We are swashbucklers.Copy !req
80. We are hunters.Copy !req
81. Soldiers of fortune.Copy !req
82. And kings of the night.Copy !req
83. Jeddy, we have to go.Copy !req
84. You disappoint me, Corinthian.Copy !req
85. You and these humans
you've inspired and created...Copy !req
86. disappoint me.Copy !req
87. I've done my best to be what you made me.Copy !req
88. No, you've done your worst,Copy !req
89. which was in so many ways
what I had hoped.Copy !req
90. You were my masterpiece.Copy !req
91. A dark mirror made to reflect
everything humanity will not confront.Copy !req
92. That's what I am.Copy !req
93. That's what I've done.Copy !req
94. No. Look at you,
walking this Earth for over a centuryCopy !req
95. infecting others with your joy of death,
but what have you given them?Copy !req
96. What have you wrought? Nothing.Copy !req
97. Just something else
for people to be afraid of. That is all.Copy !req
98. So what now?Copy !req
99. You send me back into their dreams?Copy !req
100. 'Cause I won't go willingly.Copy !req
101. And knife against a dream?Copy !req
102. You don't think dreams can die?Copy !req
103. - Let's find out.
- Enough.Copy !req
104. How?Copy !req
105. I've got
Rose Walker getting strongerCopy !req
106. every second while you get weakerCopy !req
107. She's taking your place
at the center of the Dreaming.Copy !req
108. She's bringing the walls down
between the sleepers' mindsCopy !req
109. and now they're all dreaming
the same dream.Copy !req
110. A dream that I inspired.Copy !req
111. - No.
- It's already happening.Copy !req
112. There's nothing you can do.
She's asleep and dreaming.Copy !req
113. Then she's not beyond my reach.Copy !req
114. Oh, I think she is.Copy !req
115. Now that she knows
you're planning to kill her.Copy !req
116. Jed, run!Copy !req
117. You need to wake up.Copy !req
118. Don't listen to him, Rosebud.Copy !req
119. You're the one with power now,
not him. This is your dream.Copy !req
120. It's his dream, for your world.Copy !req
121. Then let's make it yours.
Whatever you want, Rose. A blank canvas.Copy !req
122. Where's Jed?Copy !req
123. Jed's fine.Copy !req
124. He's upstairs, asleep.
He's right next to you.Copy !req
125. This dream is yours now.
The Dreaming is yours now.Copy !req
126. The Dreaming is yours.
Is that what he told you?Copy !req
127. He told me you were gonna kill me.Copy !req
128. Did he tell you why?Copy !req
129. When a vortex brings down
the walls between dreams,Copy !req
130. she creates a single volatile dreamCopy !req
131. that will collapse in upon itself,
and take the waking world with it.Copy !req
132. Your world.
Everything and everyone will die.Copy !req
133. - Don't believe him, Rosie.
- It's happened before.Copy !req
134. I failed in my duty,
an entire universe was lost.Copy !req
135. He can't kill you
if you kill him first.Copy !req
136. Killing me may save your life,Copy !req
137. but it won't save the lives
of those you love.Copy !req
138. - I'm trying to keep you alive here.
- I'm trying to keep your world alive.Copy !req
139. - You have to choose one of us, Rose.
- Enough!Copy !req
140. If I'm as powerful as you say I am,
then I will find my own way.Copy !req
141. In the meantime, the walls go back up.Copy !req
142. Because I'm not dreaming anymore.Copy !req
143. Thanks to you two, I'm wide awake.Copy !req
144. If you think I'm going
back to the Dreaming with you—Copy !req
145. You're not going back.Copy !req
146. I brought you into this world
to serve humanity. Not to feed upon it.Copy !req
147. Do you know why I do it?Copy !req
148. So I can taste what it's like to be human.Copy !req
149. And you don't care about humanity.Copy !req
150. You only care about yourself
and your realm and your rules.Copy !req
151. I contain the entire
collective unconscious.Copy !req
152. Without my rules, it would consume me.Copy !req
153. Humanity would be consumed.Copy !req
154. Or you might actually feel something.Copy !req
155. I am not the problem, Dream.Copy !req
156. You're right.Copy !req
157. This was my fault. Not yours.Copy !req
158. I had so much hope for you.Copy !req
159. But I created you poorly then.Copy !req
160. So I must uncreate you now.Copy !req
161. I am only sorry I won't be here
to see Rose Walker do the same to you.Copy !req
162. Next time I make you,
you will not be so flawedCopy !req
163. and petty, little Dream.Copy !req
164. And you...Copy !req
165. who call yourselves "collectors,"Copy !req
166. until now, you have sustained fantasiesCopy !req
167. in which you are the victims,Copy !req
168. comforting daydreams
in which you are always right.Copy !req
169. But no more.Copy !req
170. The dream is over.Copy !req
171. I have taken it away.
For this is my judgment upon you,Copy !req
172. that you shall knowCopy !req
173. from this moment onCopy !req
174. exactly how craven and selfishCopy !req
175. and monstrous you are.Copy !req
176. That you shall feel the pain
of those you have slaughtered.Copy !req
177. Hello, 9-1-1?Copy !req
178. I'm calling to confess to a crime.Copy !req
179. And the grief of those
that mourn them still,Copy !req
180. and you shall carry
that pain and grief and guiltCopy !req
181. with you until the end of time.Copy !req
182. You want me to follow her?Copy !req
183. No. When she is awake,
she is not a threat.Copy !req
184. Tonight when she sleeps, I will find her.Copy !req
185. And we will end this.Copy !req
186. Can I ask a question?Copy !req
187. Is Mom still sick, or...Copy !req
188. I'm sorry, Jeddy.Copy !req
189. She...Copy !req
190. She passed away a few months ago.Copy !req
191. You have to know though,
she never stopped trying to get you back.Copy !req
192. Dad just didn't wanna let you go.Copy !req
193. So, it's just you and me now?Copy !req
194. No. No, actually.Copy !req
195. We have a great-grandmother
who can't wait to meet you.Copy !req
196. And my best friend Lyta,
who lives upstairs.Copy !req
197. - She's calling you.Copy !req
198. Hey! Guess who's in the car with me?Copy !req
199. I don't want you to panic.
I'm at the hospital.Copy !req
200. What?Copy !req
201. The baby's coming. I'm in labor.Copy !req
202. Oh, my God!Copy !req
203. Is that Rose?Copy !req
204. And Barbie and Ken and Hal are here.Copy !req
205. We're taking good care of her, Rose.Copy !req
206. - Chantal and Zelda are on the way.
- So are we, I promise.Copy !req
207. Don't rush. Drive safely.Copy !req
208. See you soon.Copy !req
209. How is she? Is she okay?Copy !req
210. I am sure she's fine,
but we are not familyCopy !req
211. so they're not telling us anything.Copy !req
212. So, did you know she was pregnant?Copy !req
213. Of course she knew.Copy !req
214. You did know, didn't you?Copy !req
215. Everyone, this is Jed.Copy !req
216. - Jed! Hi.
- Hey, Jed!Copy !req
217. Is that a real spider?Copy !req
218. It used to be.Copy !req
219. We have a vast collection
of arachnid taxidermy.Copy !req
220. If you'd like to see?Copy !req
221. Hey, Rose.Copy !req
222. Uh, so she's still only three centimeters.
The doctor's with her now.Copy !req
223. Oh, that, um, nurse told you that?Copy !req
224. Yeah. Yeah. She's really nice.Copy !req
225. Yeah, she looks really nice.Copy !req
226. Uh, where's Gilbert?Copy !req
227. He left a note saying he had to go home.
I thought he was with you guys.Copy !req
228. Uh, no.Copy !req
229. Well, is there anyone
we should call? Lyta's family?Copy !req
230. Or the baby's daddy, whoever it is.Copy !req
231. You don't have to tell us.
Who is he?Copy !req
232. It's too late to call anyone right now.Copy !req
233. Although...Copy !req
234. Unity?Copy !req
235. Good morning, darling.Copy !req
236. I woke you up. I'm sorry.Copy !req
237. Oh, Rose, the one thing I do not
need more of in my life is sleep.Copy !req
238. Did you find Jed?Copy !req
239. I did. He's safe.Copy !req
240. But may I ask a favor?Copy !req
241. Of course, darling. Anything!Copy !req
242. If something were to
happen to me, hypothetically...Copy !req
243. Nothing's going to happen to you.Copy !req
244. If something did...Copy !req
245. If I went to sleep tonight
and didn't wake up,Copy !req
246. would Jed be able to come live with you?Copy !req
247. I was going to suggest that you
and Jed both come and live with me.Copy !req
248. You were?Copy !req
249. Oh, Rose.Copy !req
250. I often wonder what my life would have
been like had I not slept through it.Copy !req
251. Would I have had a family,
and what must that be like?Copy !req
252. Once you and Jed get here,
I won't have to wonder anymore.Copy !req
253. You really are amazing. Do you know that?Copy !req
254. It runs in the family.Copy !req
255. Get some sleep.Copy !req
256. I'm sorry I woke you. Sweet dreams.Copy !req
257. Goodbye, love.Copy !req
258. You okay?Copy !req
259. Zelda has a reassuring moral homily
concerning God and difficult times,Copy !req
260. and a variable number
of footprints in the sand.Copy !req
261. She told it to me once
and it cheered me up remarkably.Copy !req
262. Shall I ask if—Copy !req
263. Excuse me. Are you Rose?Copy !req
264. I'm sorry to put this on you right now.Copy !req
265. Don't be.Copy !req
266. I'm just afraid that tonight,
when I fall asleep...Copy !req
267. Dream's gonna kill me.Copy !req
268. He's not.Copy !req
269. He said if he doesn't kill me
that the whole world will die.Copy !req
270. Everyone.Copy !req
271. Listen to me.Copy !req
272. If this is true,Copy !req
273. if you have the power
to destroy the world,Copy !req
274. then you have the power to destroy him.Copy !req
275. I don't want to destroy him.Copy !req
276. I don't want any of this.Copy !req
277. I'm afraid to fall asleep.
I'm afraid to wake up.Copy !req
278. He should be afraid.Copy !req
279. When you go to sleep tonight,
you have to find him and end this.Copy !req
280. It's up to you, Rose.Copy !req
281. You're in charge now. You're the vortex.Copy !req
282. There is a vortex,Copy !req
283. a true annulet,Copy !req
284. a mortal with a dreaming abilityCopy !req
285. so powerful she can travel
through the dreams of others.Copy !req
286. Be careful not to lose yourself in them.Copy !req
287. Find your own path.Copy !req
288. You think he's watching you
so he can protect you?Copy !req
289. The minute you fall asleep
and start bringing the walls downCopy !req
290. between people's dreams...Copy !req
291. You have the power to destroy him.Copy !req
292. He's gonna kill you.Copy !req
293. - You're the vortex.
- Rose!Copy !req
294. And this is the story he told.Copy !req
295. It was a dark and stormy night.Copy !req
296. And the skipper said to the mate,
"Mate, tell me a story."Copy !req
297. And this is the story he told.Copy !req
298. It was a dark and stormy night.Copy !req
299. And the skipper said to the mate,
"Mate, tell me a story."Copy !req
300. And this is the story he told.
It was a dark and stormy night.Copy !req
301. And the skipper said to the mate,Copy !req
302. - "Mate, tell me a story."
- Chantal?Copy !req
303. - And this is the story he told.
- It's me. Rose.Copy !req
304. It was a dark and stormy night.
And the skipper said to the mate,Copy !req
305. - "Mate, tell me a story."
- Here, let me.Copy !req
306. And this is the story he told.Copy !req
307. It was a dark and stormy night.Copy !req
308. And the skipper said to the mate,Copy !req
309. "Mate, tell me a story."
And this is the story he told.Copy !req
310. - It was a da—
- In September of the year 1811,Copy !req
311. a post chaise drew up
before the door of Aswarby HallCopy !req
312. in the heart of Lincolnshire.Copy !req
313. The little boy, who jumped out
as soon as it had stopped,Copy !req
314. looked around him.Copy !req
315. Caution, Princess Barbara,
I scent strangeness in the air.Copy !req
316. What manner of they, Martin Tenbones?Copy !req
317. The Cuckoo? The Hieromancer?
Colonel Knowledge?Copy !req
318. None of those.Copy !req
319. Something is happening, my princess. Look.Copy !req
320. Ken?Copy !req
321. What are you doing at
the Place of Lost Carnadine?Copy !req
322. Oh, shit.Copy !req
323. Oh, my God.Copy !req
324. Come, Martin Tenbones. We must away.Copy !req
325. What are you all doing here?Copy !req
326. Babe. Th-This is not what it looks like.
Uh, I mean...Copy !req
327. - Oh, dear.Copy !req
328. Oh, my God.Copy !req
329. What's happening?Copy !req
330. It's me. I'm sorry. But it's just a dream.Copy !req
331. You just have to wake up. Right now.Copy !req
332. - Rose!
- Rose, please!Copy !req
333. Rose!Copy !req
334. Rose, why are you doing this?Copy !req
335. I can't stop it. You have to wake up.Copy !req
336. Please, I'm begging you.Copy !req
337. It was a dark and stormy night...Copy !req
338. A post chaise...Copy !req
339. "Tell me a story."Copy !req
340. Zelda!Copy !req
341. Rose!Copy !req
342. - Hal!
- I found you!Copy !req
343. - Hal, hold on.
- Don't let go!Copy !req
344. Hal!Copy !req
345. Rose, I'll save you!Copy !req
346. No, Jed, stay back.Copy !req
347. - I'll save you!
- No!Copy !req
348. - Rose! Rose!
- Jed!Copy !req
349. - Rose!
- Jed!Copy !req
350. Jed!Copy !req
351. Jed!Copy !req
352. You've caused a great deal of damage.Copy !req
353. Nothing that I cannot repair,
at least at this stage.Copy !req
354. What happened to Jed? To my friends?Copy !req
355. They're asleep in their bed,
but they're not safe. No one is.Copy !req
356. Not until the vortex is dead.Copy !req
357. May I help you?Copy !req
358. Oh, yes, please. I-I'm looking for a book.Copy !req
359. We have every book ever written,
as well as those yet unwritten.Copy !req
360. I'm looking for the story of my life,Copy !req
361. had things turned out differently.Copy !req
362. I have detailed accounts
of sleepers' dreams.Copy !req
363. No. No, thank you. I've had
more than my fair share of dreams.Copy !req
364. I want to read about my unlived life.Copy !req
365. I'm not entirely sure
we have those volumes.Copy !req
366. If you have every book ever written,Copy !req
367. and every book that ever will be written,
it must be around here somewhere.Copy !req
368. Oh, there I am.Copy !req
369. You're Unity Kincaid?Copy !req
370. Rose Walker is your great-granddaughter?Copy !req
371. Yes.Copy !req
372. How do you know Rose?Copy !req
373. Death is not always such a bad thing.Copy !req
374. You could stay here if you like.Copy !req
375. My raven was once a mortal.Copy !req
376. Wait! Sir!Copy !req
377. Gilbert? What are you doing here?Copy !req
378. This is Fiddler's Green.Copy !req
379. You? You're a Dream?Copy !req
380. I am.Copy !req
381. I, I left my post here
to experience life as a human being.Copy !req
382. A life which I humbly offer
in exchange for yours.Copy !req
383. I'm afraid that's not possible.Copy !req
384. For the Dreaming
and the waking world to live,Copy !req
385. the vortex must die.Copy !req
386. Then what's the point of a vortex?Copy !req
387. Why do we even exist?Copy !req
388. Honestly...Copy !req
389. I have a theory.Copy !req
390. When a human is at
the center of the Dreaming,Copy !req
391. is it not to remind us
that we exist because humans dream,Copy !req
392. not the other way around?Copy !req
393. The miracle of humanity itself
should always be more vivid to usCopy !req
394. than any marvels of power.Copy !req
395. I cannot find it in my heart
to punish you for leaving Fiddler's Green.Copy !req
396. But it is time you took up
your appointed position once more.Copy !req
397. It would be my honor, sir.Copy !req
398. It was never my intention
to abandon my role.Copy !req
399. What was your role? Who were you?Copy !req
400. Oh, my dear, Fiddler's Green
is not a "who," it is a where.Copy !req
401. I was not a person. I was a place.Copy !req
402. And, after your death,Copy !req
403. if you stay in the Dreaming, visit me.Copy !req
404. Walk in my meadows and my green glades.Copy !req
405. Rest beneath my trees.Copy !req
406. Farewell, Rose Walker.Copy !req
407. It was a privilege being human with you.Copy !req
408. I do not wish to take your life.Copy !req
409. But we all have responsibilities
and this is one of mine.Copy !req
410. I am sorry.Copy !req
411. Just do it.Copy !req
412. Whatever it takes
to save my brother and my friends.Copy !req
413. I'm ready.Copy !req
414. My lord, stop.Copy !req
415. Unity?Copy !req
416. This is Unity Kincaid.Copy !req
417. I am Rose's great-grandmother.Copy !req
418. And according to this book,
I was meant to be the vortex of this age.Copy !req
419. But because you were imprisoned
and locked out of the Dreaming,Copy !req
420. that fate was handed down
to my descendants.Copy !req
421. I don't understand.Copy !req
422. You're not very bright, are you?Copy !req
423. Come here, Rose.Copy !req
424. I want you to reach down inside yourselfCopy !req
425. and give me whatever it is
that makes you the vortex.Copy !req
426. But h-how?Copy !req
427. You're dreaming, darling.Copy !req
428. Anything is possible.Copy !req
429. This?Copy !req
430. Oh, thank you, Rose, love.Copy !req
431. I'm the vortex now, Dream King,
as I should have been long ago.Copy !req
432. So, leave my great-granddaughter alone.Copy !req
433. Unity?Copy !req
434. What happened?Copy !req
435. You died. So that Rose might live.Copy !req
436. I'm so sorry.Copy !req
437. No, don't be. I'm not.Copy !req
438. I was meant to have died
a long time ago, Rose.Copy !req
439. But if I had,Copy !req
440. I would never have met my golden-eyed manCopy !req
441. and we would never have
had our beautiful baby girl,Copy !req
442. and you would not have been born.Copy !req
443. Wait, the father of your child
had golden eyes?Copy !req
444. I've never seen anything like them.Copy !req
445. I have.Copy !req
446. Goodbye, Rose, darling.Copy !req
447. Mr. Holdaway will see to it
that you and Jed have everything you need.Copy !req
448. You and your brother
are children of the Endless.Copy !req
449. You have suffered enough.Copy !req
450. You may leave this place.Copy !req
451. Goodbye, Rose.Copy !req
452. He's really strong.
He won't let go of my finger.Copy !req
453. He's perfect.Copy !req
454. We're gonna do this together, right?Copy !req
455. We already are. Right, little man?Copy !req
456. I'm your Auntie Rose.
And this is your cousin, Jed.Copy !req
457. Hello, little baby.Copy !req
458. Have you decided on a name?Copy !req
459. I thought about
naming him after Hector, but...Copy !req
460. there is only one Hector for me.Copy !req
461. And this baby deserves his own name.Copy !req
462. You ever notice how people
only ever use your nameCopy !req
463. when you're in trouble?Copy !req
464. Rose?Copy !req
465. That's true, actually.Copy !req
466. See? So, as long as you don't have a name,
you can't get in any trouble.Copy !req
467. My turn.Copy !req
468. Prepare yourself. He's pretty cute.Copy !req
469. Oh, we are ready.Copy !req
470. It's one at a time.Copy !req
471. Wha... Oh, come on. Babe!Copy !req
472. Baby, it was just a dream.Copy !req
473. How are they doing?Copy !req
474. Great.Copy !req
475. The hospital's releasing them tonight
and then we'll fly home tomorrow.Copy !req
476. Oh, so soon?Copy !req
477. To New Brunswick.Copy !req
478. How far is that from New York?Copy !req
479. Mm, less than an hour. Why?Copy !req
480. I don't know, I had this dream last nightCopy !req
481. and now I'm thinking,
what if I sell the house and move back?Copy !req
482. We'll buy the house.Copy !req
483. Desire.Copy !req
484. I stand in my gallery
and I hold your sigil.Copy !req
485. Talk to me.Copy !req
486. Why, sweet Dream. This is a surprise.Copy !req
487. - Almost an event, I might say.
- Good.Copy !req
488. I'm coming through.Copy !req
489. You are?Copy !req
490. But of course.Copy !req
491. You know you're always
welcome in my chambers.Copy !req
492. Lovely to see you.Copy !req
493. Can I get you anything you desire?Copy !req
494. I desire nothing from you,
save some answers.Copy !req
495. Ooh, is this a test?Copy !req
496. Unity Kincaid should've
been the vortex of this era.Copy !req
497. But someone took advantage
of my imprisonmentCopy !req
498. and fathered a child with her,Copy !req
499. knowing full well
that it would become the vortex,Copy !req
500. and I would be forced to kill it.Copy !req
501. Was I really that obvious?Copy !req
502. No.Copy !req
503. You covered your tracks remarkably well.Copy !req
504. Well, that's high praise coming from you.Copy !req
505. What did you truly intend?Copy !req
506. That I should spill family blood?Copy !req
507. With all that would entail?Copy !req
508. This time it almost worked.Copy !req
509. My sibling.Copy !req
510. We of the Endless are the servants
of the living, not their masters.Copy !req
511. We exist only because they know
deep in their hearts that we exist.Copy !req
512. We do not manipulate them.Copy !req
513. If anything, they manipulate us.Copy !req
514. And you and Despair,Copy !req
515. and even poor Delirium
would do well to remember that.Copy !req
516. Mess with me or mine again
and I shall forget you are family.Copy !req
517. Do you believe yourself
strong enough to stand against me?Copy !req
518. Against Death?Copy !req
519. Against Destiny?Copy !req
520. No.Copy !req
521. Remember that next time you're
inspired to interfere in my affairs.Copy !req
522. Oh, poor Dream.Copy !req
523. I really got under your skin
this time, didn't I?Copy !req
524. Next time, I'll draw blood.Copy !req
525. My lord.Copy !req
526. Sorry to disturb you
when you're working, but...Copy !req
527. Is something wrong?Copy !req
528. No, it's something lovely, actually.Copy !req
529. A new book appeared in the library
this morning written by Rose Walker.Copy !req
530. And how is it?Copy !req
531. You may take issue with the depiction
of the king in the story, but...Copy !req
532. I loved it.Copy !req
533. She is a daughter of the Endless
with quite a story to tell.Copy !req
534. It's really good.Copy !req
535. Come eat. Dinner's here. Let's go.Copy !req
536. Are you making new Nightmares
to replace Gault and the Corinthian?Copy !req
537. The world does not need
a new Corinthian quite yet.Copy !req
538. In fact...Copy !req
539. will you keep this somewhere safe for me?Copy !req
540. I am finishing a Dream.Copy !req
541. I'll leave you to it, then.Copy !req
542. Lucienne.Copy !req
543. Do you not wish to say hello?Copy !req
544. You look gorgeous, Gault.Copy !req
545. Thank you, Lucienne.Copy !req
546. May I ask what made you
change your mind about me, sir?Copy !req
547. I had no right returning here
after over a centuryCopy !req
548. expecting everything
to be just as I left it.Copy !req
549. Lucienne tried to tell me that.Copy !req
550. So did you.Copy !req
551. But now I'm listening.Copy !req
552. Or trying to.Copy !req
553. New Dreams.Copy !req
554. New Nightmares.Copy !req
555. A new age.Copy !req
556. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
557. I might be here awhile.Copy !req
558. Would you mind
taking care of things while I work?Copy !req
559. With pleasure, sir.Copy !req
560. Your Majesty.Copy !req
561. Shall I ring for your attendants
to help you dress?Copy !req
562. There are several demon battles
scheduled for your entertainment.Copy !req
563. I can think of nothing I'd enjoy less.Copy !req
564. In which case
Lord Azazel would like a word.Copy !req
565. Except that.Copy !req
566. Then I will
be brief, Your Majesty.Copy !req
567. Azazel, how like you
to arrive without an invitation.Copy !req
568. I come at the bidding of
the assembled Lords of Hell.Copy !req
569. You've stopped fighting each other
long enough to assemble?Copy !req
570. We have, against your enemy,
our enemy, Dream of the Endless.Copy !req
571. The armies of Hell are yours to command,
should you wish to strike.Copy !req
572. You wish to invade the Dreaming?Copy !req
573. If you command it.Copy !req
574. And then perhaps the waking world?Copy !req
575. And one day, even the Silver City.Copy !req
576. Precisely.Copy !req
577. Since none of us may leave Hell,Copy !req
578. we may as well expand its borders
until Hell is all there is.Copy !req
579. You have given us
much to think about, Azazel.Copy !req
580. I would ask
you do more than think.Copy !req
581. The generals demand action.Copy !req
582. Do they?Copy !req
583. Then I shall act. You may tell them.Copy !req
584. Excellent.Copy !req
585. Good day, Your Majesty.Copy !req
586. He is not to be trusted.Copy !req
587. No, but he's not wrong.Copy !req
588. Then, may I ask, what are you going to do?Copy !req
589. Something that I have never done before.Copy !req
590. Something that will
make God absolutely livid...Copy !req
591. and bring Morpheus to his knees.Copy !req
592. Lucifer! Lucifer!Copy !req
593. Lucifer! Lucifer!Copy !req
594. Lucifer! Lucifer!
Lucifer! Lucifer!Copy !req