Ouroboros
From Ouroboros by selenak. Connor centric-post "Not Fade Away":
One could rationalize what had happened, of course. Psychosomatic symptoms, thought the son of Colleen and Lawrence Riley, who intended to take psychology classes at Stanford in addition to his other subjects; brought forth by visiting Cordelia’s grave. . . Dreams had no power in real life unless you gave it to them, and well-adjusted, sensible young men would never fall into that trap.
The son of Daniel Holtz thought that was nonsense. Any time something threatened you, you should better track it down at once and eliminate it before it got the chance to carry out its threats.
Angel’s son thought he should have expected this, and accept whatever punishment fate was intending to inflict. It wasn’t as if he didn’t deserve it.
One could rationalize what had happened, of course. Psychosomatic symptoms, thought the son of Colleen and Lawrence Riley, who intended to take psychology classes at Stanford in addition to his other subjects; brought forth by visiting Cordelia’s grave. . . Dreams had no power in real life unless you gave it to them, and well-adjusted, sensible young men would never fall into that trap.
The son of Daniel Holtz thought that was nonsense. Any time something threatened you, you should better track it down at once and eliminate it before it got the chance to carry out its threats.
Angel’s son thought he should have expected this, and accept whatever punishment fate was intending to inflict. It wasn’t as if he didn’t deserve it.