The time in the Horizon is taken not just because of a desire to master something that he’d had so much trouble with in their captivity but to continue to learn more about magic. As much as he can.
The days after he goes out looking for a fight seem easier than others. A relaxation coming over him that makes it easier to enter the other realm and find himself there at the Crow Club. Not even seeking out his office but rather staying on the floor. Having drinks he’ll never feel outside of this space and settling in at a table for a hand or two of cards. It’s a careful practice that he hadn’t kept up with in so long. Not that counting cards here, or slipping his own into his hand while discarding others was hard when it was all in your mind but it is still good practice.
There are times when he realizes another is there, raising his head and searching for that one who isn’t a mirage but rather reality born into a dream. Rising from the table, he picks up his glass and begins to move through the bar with an easy, familiar gait, seeking them out.
I wake up screaming from dreaming - open (Horizon)
The days after he goes out looking for a fight seem easier than others. A relaxation coming over him that makes it easier to enter the other realm and find himself there at the Crow Club. Not even seeking out his office but rather staying on the floor. Having drinks he’ll never feel outside of this space and settling in at a table for a hand or two of cards. It’s a careful practice that he hadn’t kept up with in so long. Not that counting cards here, or slipping his own into his hand while discarding others was hard when it was all in your mind but it is still good practice.
There are times when he realizes another is there, raising his head and searching for that one who isn’t a mirage but rather reality born into a dream. Rising from the table, he picks up his glass and begins to move through the bar with an easy, familiar gait, seeking them out.