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No, I mean — I know how demons — ugh.

( okay, this is definitely a nightmare, because hao's starting to doubt himself, which is not something he does. had there ever been a monster at all? had he ever even felt the hot spurt of its blood on his face? it's unsettling.

instead, it's time to change the subject, quickly deflecting: )

Who the hell are you, anyway? Aren't you only supposed to see people you've seen before in your dreams?

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[Oh. Well. This is a little unexpected.]

You know this is a dream?

[This makes things...well...interesting. And perhaps easier. But also somewhat awkward, all things considered. Gideon usually isn't quite so careless. Maybe this place has made him a little complacent.]

[considerable]

Well, duh.

( hao frowns, leaning his weight down on his bat, looking around at the scenery around them. )

It's like the town my school is in, but, like — not? I dunno. ( he points at the restaurant across the street. ) That place isn't even there in real life, it's in, like, Disneyland. And that's not a dead end. There's lots of weird little ... differences. Kinda fuckin' uncanny. But I've been to this place before a bunch of times while dreaming.

You haven't been here, though. ( ahem! )

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[Yeah, that sounds about right for dreaming. Gideon knows because he's been wandering through dreams his entire life. He doesn't say that, though.]

Well, I did just get here.

[It explains why he hasn't been here before the most cryptic dream-like way possible.]

I can leave if you like.