Le Rêve

[misterblackbird]

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[fledglingofkyou]

[Shushou follows the boy. Through the forest, through the maze and down the temple into the church. She marvels at the tranquil landscape, wonders at the grey men, and is shocked at the blood drawings.

When the boy is trapped, she makes her presence known.]

Why'd you let them?

[misterblackbird]

[When he sees her at last, he presses against the bars of the cage and stares. No, he is not acting like himself or speaking like himself.]

W h y d i d I l e t t h e m . . .w h a t?

[fledglingofkyou]

[Instead of answering immediately, Shushou tiptoes up to his cage, careful to avoid the mess on the floor. Once arrived, she looks up at him.]

Let them catch you.

[misterblackbird]

I didn't.

[fledglingofkyou]

But you are caught anyway.

[misterblackbird]

And?

[fledglingofkyou]

[She grasps the bars.]

Can you get out? Should I help?

[misterblackbird]

[Tumble tumble roll roll tangled up in himself and in the cage...]

And?

[fledglingofkyou]

[Shushou lets her gaze pass the surroundings and then lifts her dress - silk, evidently expensive, and also very Chinese in look - and starts walking around the cage.]

Let's look for an opening.

[misterblackbird]

[He tumbles over onto his back and pushes his feet up against the inside top of the cage.]

I hatched once.
I was ten years old.
I hatched.

Perhaps I shall hatch again.

[fledglingofkyou]

Hatched... ?

[Shushou tries to decipher these words, but she is much too focused on examining Cain's cage. There must be a way out, right?]