[voice]

[maddest]

Bored.

Who wants to burn things?

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

[He yowls. No fair.]

[thelightbringer]

[He smirks]

Show me what we're burning.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

The rest of us are meeting for a bonfire, but I think I'd rather keep you far away from the children.

[thelightbringer]

Then what will I do? Stay indoors and play with your guns?

[Not impressed with this idea, Break.]

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

No, no, I think we should go burn things in earnest.

[thelightbringer]

I'm always up for a good fire.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Wonderful. To the wastes?

[thelightbringer]

Where's the fun in that?

[But off they go, through the window and to the Wastes in barely the time it takes to blink.]

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

[More yowling in complaint. Not used to angel travel.]

[thelightbringer]

You're so loud today.

[He finds it funny.]

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I've been bored.

[It's mostly for show.]

[thelightbringer]

You? Perish the thought.

[He gestures, and rocks arrange themselves in a circle. There, a fire pit.]

Actually, so have I.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

How has the family been?

[thelightbringer]

Raphael is dying.

[The real reason he was so agreeable to the idea of burning things.]

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear that.

[thelightbringer]

[He swallows. It's a very human gesture, especially from him.]

And Balthazar is here. I have to get him on our side, and I don't know how much time I have to do it.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

By virtue of this place, she'll return.

[thelightbringer]

But we don't know what they'll take from her.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Is that so frightening?

[thelightbringer]

[Yes. He starts to say it, but looks at Xerxes.]

I've never had to plan for something I didn't already know an outcome to. At least one potential, real future, not just speculation or fear--

You never seem to feel it. The other humans do. They ignore their fears, but they're there.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

You think I never feel fear? Honestly?

[thelightbringer]

Not about this.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Then I'm a better liar than I thought.

[thelightbringer]

Yes, you are.

[A vague sort of smile.]

Or you're better prepared than the rest of us.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

It isn't uncommon, to know fear.