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(𝖄/𝖓)'𝖘 𝕻𝕺𝖁
I was running, I don't know why but I ran.
I looked around and noticed how I was running in a forest of some sort.
I hid behind a large tree and waited for whatever got me running to leave.
I heard crunching footsteps approaching nearby until it stopped.
"(𝔜/𝔫), 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲, 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱?" A voice called out.
'𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱? 𝔐𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔎𝔦𝔯𝔲𝔫𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔰 𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱...'
I thought, I was uneasy and afraid.
I never heard this person's voice before but it seemed oddly familiar.
I could only make out the voice as male.
"(𝔜/𝔫)? 𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱, 𝔢𝔫𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔤𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔩𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔶. 𝔏𝔢𝔱'𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔫 𝔥𝔬𝔪𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲."
The voice called out once more, it was soft and heartwarming, but every part of my body screamed that I shouldn't listen.
'𝔒𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔰? 𝔖𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢'𝔰 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢...'
I thought, my heart was pounding and my head was racing.
The person was quiet for a moment before a sigh.
"𝔄𝔯𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔲𝔭𝔰𝔢𝔱 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔡? (𝔜/𝔫), ℑ 𝔡𝔦𝔡𝔫'𝔱 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔥𝔦𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲... ℑ 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔤𝔬𝔱 𝔞 𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔲𝔭𝔰𝔢𝔱 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔦𝔰 𝔞𝔩𝔩... 𝔑𝔬𝔴, 𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢, 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬𝔡𝔞𝔶. ℑ'𝔩𝔩 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔯𝔶 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔦𝔱 𝔲𝔭 𝔱𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲!"
The owner of the voice seemed to be filled with regret about something.
My cheek seem to throb for some reason. I lifted my hand up to touch it and hissed.
'𝔒𝔲𝔠𝔥-! 𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔪𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔟𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔬𝔫... 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔬𝔫 𝔰𝔩𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔢𝔡 𝔪𝔢 𝔞𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢.'
"(𝔜/𝔫), 𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔯? 𝔚𝔞𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲? ℑ 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔶𝔬𝔲. 𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔴."
The voice called out again as I flinched and shut my eyes, tightly.
The whole forest seems to grow colder and colder now.
"(𝔜/𝔫). 𝔍'𝔪 𝔤𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔶𝔬𝔲. ℭ𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔒𝔲𝔱 𝔑𝔬𝔴."
The voice called out again, but the tone was more irritated than soft.
'𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔴𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔰𝔥 𝔣𝔞𝔰𝔱..'
I thought, getting more frightened than ever.
"(𝔜/𝔫), 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔱𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔪𝔢. ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔯𝔠𝔥."
The voice hissed, agitated with my stubborn choice of keeping myself hidden.
The forest got freezing cold and I shivered. I heard a low growl nearby.
"𝔄𝔩𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱! 𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔡𝔬𝔢𝔰 𝔦𝔱! (𝔜/𝔫)! 𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔤𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔨𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔬𝔯 𝔦𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔴 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣!"
The voice was now angry and annoyed. I was dumbfounded.
'𝔚𝔥𝔞𝔱!? 𝔄 𝔪𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔞𝔤𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔰𝔬 𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔪, 𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤-𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡, 𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔯𝔶, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔬𝔶𝔢𝔡. ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡!'
I thought, fear racing through me like a flash.
"ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔰 𝔥𝔬𝔴 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔯𝔢𝔭𝔞𝔶 𝔪𝔢, 𝔟𝔶 𝔯𝔲𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔞𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔞 𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔪𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔥𝔦𝔱!"
The voice screamed, frustrated and infuriated. The scream sounded like it echoed and lingered across the forest.
"(𝔜/𝔫), 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔱! ℑ𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔞𝔩 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣 𝔰𝔬𝔬𝔫, ℑ 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔪𝔶𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣!"
The voice yelled out. I stayed hidden for my safety.
"𝔉𝔦𝔫𝔢! ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔢𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔭 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔬𝔩𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢!"
The voice kept yelling.
"𝔒𝔫𝔢!"
I shut my eyes tightly and gripped my arms.
"𝔗𝔴𝔬!"
I started to breath heavily.
"..."
The voice growled and screamed.
"𝔘𝔤𝔥.. (𝔜/𝔫)! 𝔄𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 '𝔥𝔦𝔡𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔨' 𝔫𝔬𝔴?"
My eyes shot open at the last line. I recognized it...
'𝔑𝔬, 𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢, ℑ𝔱 𝔠𝔞𝔫'𝔱 𝔟𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔪! ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔦𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔪!
"𝔑𝔬𝔱 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔴𝔢𝔯 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔶𝔬𝔲? ℌ𝔬𝔴 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔪𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔟𝔢!?"
'𝔏𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔇𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪...?'
He kept hurling his insults towards me but maybe if I just manage to ignore him then he might leave me alone.
Suddenly, it grew quiet. I didn't like the silence.
"(𝔜/𝔫)...? 𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔫'𝔱 𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔲𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔩𝔢𝔣𝔱, 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲..?"
His voice was now filled with slight panic.
'ℌ𝔲𝔥!?-'
I was completed dumfounded. One moment Dream's voice was filled with kindness, then it turned into anger, and now it was panic.
'ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫'𝔱 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔤𝔲𝔶! 𝔚𝔥𝔶 𝔡𝔬𝔢𝔰 𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔰𝔬 𝔡𝔦𝔣𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔲𝔩𝔱!?'
"(𝔜/𝔫)... 𝔚𝔥𝔶 𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔫'𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔢?"
The air started to get thick and I can see my own breath.
"𝔜𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔪𝔢, (𝔜/𝔫). 𝔄𝔫𝔰𝔴𝔢𝔯 𝔪𝔢!"
Dream started to beg for me to speak but I refused to talk this entire time.
'𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔪𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱!'
I scoffed.
Why do I need to talk to him after what he just said to me.
"(𝔜/𝔫), ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔫'𝔱 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 ℑ 𝔰𝔭𝔬𝔨𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔰 𝔞 𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔱! ℑ 𝔞𝔭𝔬𝔩𝔬𝔤𝔦𝔷𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢! ℑ 𝔟𝔢𝔤 𝔶𝔬𝔲! 𝔖𝔭𝔢𝔞𝔨 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔢!"
Dream's tone was panicked and disturbing.
"(𝔜/𝔫)! 𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔫'𝔱 𝔩𝔢𝔣𝔱 𝔪𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔴, 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲!? 𝔑𝔬, ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔟𝔲𝔱-"
He continued to mumble to himself for a while before he stopped.
I heard a '𝔱𝔥𝔲𝔡' before I made the choice to peek out of the tree I was hiding behind.
I gasped in shock and confusion. I saw Dream, he had collapsed onto the forest floor.
I was concerned for his sake and made a big mistake of running towards his limp body.
I mean, I have to admit that I don't like him after what he'd done to me and Mister Kiruna but...
That didn't mean I wanted him to die...
That's when I spoke for the first time during all this.
"ℌ-ℌ𝔢𝔶! 𝔄𝔯𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔬𝔨𝔞𝔶!?"
I was about to grab his body to shake him before his eyes snapped open and gabbed my hand with his gloved one.
I squeaked and started shaking once I realized what I've done.
"(𝔜/𝔫)...?"
He spoke, it sent chills up my spine and now regretted my decision of checking up on him.
Dream sat up and wrapped his arms around me immediately. He nuzzled my head with a close-eyed smile.
"(𝔜/𝔫)! 𝔒𝔥, ℑ 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲!"
He cried out happily. I was more confused and concerned now than scared.
He got himself off of me and gripped my shoulders then stared joyfully at me.
"𝔚𝔥𝔶 𝔡𝔦𝔡𝔫'𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲, 𝔖𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱? 𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔪𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔡!"
Dream softly scolded me.
Afterwards he got up and grabbed my hand then helped me up to my feet.
"𝔑𝔬𝔴, 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢. ℑ'𝔪 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔳𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔲𝔭 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔫𝔢𝔵𝔱 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢."
With my hand still on his, he quickly walked through the forest dragging me along with him.
I don't understand.. Why is he being so diffult to understand?
That's when it hit me...
'𝔇𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪... ℌ𝔦𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔬𝔯.... 𝔗𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪... ℭ𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔟𝔢 𝔞 𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤..? 𝔄 𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫..?'
Dream continued to drag me towards the castle as I stared at him with furrowed eyes.
'ℌ𝔢'𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔭𝔲𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔴𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢.. ℌ𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔨𝔢𝔡 𝔪𝔢 𝔟𝔶 𝔠𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔞𝔭𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔲𝔫𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔠𝔦𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔴... ℌ𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔬𝔬𝔩 𝔪𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔶 𝔱𝔯𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔤𝔲𝔦𝔰𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔪𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔞 𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔦𝔫 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔶.. ℌ𝔢'𝔰 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔟𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔡𝔲𝔞𝔩 𝔬𝔫 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰.'
I finally understand everything...
This thought was a horrible one but I didn't care at this point.
Dream doesn't care about me..
He never cared about me...
I was just a tool to him...
Some outsider that he needed to take care of...
Dream suddenly stopped walking and I snapped myself off of my thoughts.
"𝔚𝔥𝔶 𝔡𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔰𝔬 𝔫𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔢, 𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔯?"
He asked, calmly but I thought I got a tint of a dark feature in it but I think it's just me.
I didn't know how to answer to him..
"𝔘𝔪𝔪, 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤..."
I told him but he didn't seem to believe me.
"𝔘𝔥𝔥, 𝔏𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔇𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪..?"
I had mustered up the courage to talk.
He hummed, indicating that he's listening.
"ℑ... ℑ 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔢..."
I said, not sure of his reaction.
His grip on my hand tightened a bit. I was not able to see his expression but his aura was... different...
"𝔏𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔢? 𝔚𝔥𝔶?"
He asked, confused and darkly?
I gulped down the bit of fear I had and sighed.
"𝔅𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢... ℑ 𝔫𝔢𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔐𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔎𝔦𝔯𝔲𝔫𝔞. ℑ 𝔫𝔢𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔦𝔣 𝔥𝔢'𝔰 𝔬𝔨𝔞𝔶..."
I reasoned to him. Dream growled because of something and his grip on my tightened more to the point it hurt.
"𝔄𝔤𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔪𝔞𝔫. 𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔥𝔦𝔪 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔡𝔞𝔶, 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔨 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔢𝔩𝔰𝔢. 𝔚𝔥𝔶 𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔥𝔦𝔪? ℑ, 𝔥𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯, 𝔞𝔪 𝔪𝔲𝔠𝔥 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔬𝔯. 𝔚𝔥𝔶 𝔠𝔞𝔫'𝔱 ℑ, 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔢, 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫? ℌ𝔪𝔪?"
He was upset and frustrated again, like saying Mister Kiruna's name would make him snap.
'𝔇𝔦𝔡 𝔐𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔎𝔦𝔯𝔲𝔫𝔞 𝔡𝔬 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔞𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔏𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔇𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔪 𝔟𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔰𝔲𝔠𝔥 𝔞 𝔟𝔞𝔡 𝔪𝔬𝔬𝔡?'
I shook off that thought.
'𝔑𝔬, 𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔡𝔬 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢! 𝔚𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤, (𝔜/𝔫)!'
I scolded myself with a scowl.
Dream continued to rant, on and on, about how he could be better than Mister Kiruna.
I simply rolled my eyes and tried to ignore him. When I said 'tried', I really mean it.
"𝔚𝔥𝔶 𝔡𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔩𝔬𝔴𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔯 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫 𝔪𝔢? ℑ 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔬𝔫 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔡𝔢𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔡 𝔬𝔫, 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔥𝔦𝔪."
I sighed, he's still talking...
"ℑ𝔱'𝔰 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔣𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔢 𝔥𝔬𝔴 𝔞 𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔪𝔞𝔫 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔰𝔲𝔠𝔥 𝔞 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩𝔶 𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢."
Now that made me snap.
"𝔈𝔵𝔠𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔪𝔢!? 𝔐𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔎𝔦𝔯𝔲𝔫𝔞 𝔦𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢 '𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔪𝔞𝔫', 𝔥𝔢'𝔰 𝔪𝔶 𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔩𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔩 𝔊𝔲𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔦𝔞𝔫! ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 '𝔎𝔦𝔫𝔤' 𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢, 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔫𝔬 𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔨 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔥𝔦𝔪 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔩𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔬𝔪 𝔬𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔢!"
I defended with a scowl as I managed to yank my hand away.
I took deep breaths as he went quiet from my outburst.
"..."
I said nothing, because I had no words from my own defence.
"ℌ𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔞 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔣𝔦𝔩𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 ℑ 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔬𝔪 𝔬𝔣 𝔪𝔶 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔢."
He growled, his aura grew dark and disturbing.
"ℌ𝔦𝔪? 𝔜𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔊𝔲𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔦𝔞𝔫? 𝔓𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔠. 𝔚𝔥𝔶 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔪 𝔞𝔰 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔪𝔢, (𝔜/𝔫)?"
That's when I woke up...