"It is not given to mortals to love the Endless." Very gently. "Whatever else I may be, I am mortal, Dale, and both Dream and I have accepted that. Not without mourning, perhaps, but the passage of time has done much to heal such matters on both sides. What was between us in the past will remain so, and neither of us seeks to change that."
A slight smile appears.
"And I also know that it is not the first time that he has loved a mortal, come to that. Nor, I suspect, will it be the last."
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Date: 2012-07-22 12:19 am (UTC)"It is not given to mortals to love the Endless." Very gently. "Whatever else I may be, I am mortal, Dale, and both Dream and I have accepted that. Not without mourning, perhaps, but the passage of time has done much to heal such matters on both sides. What was between us in the past will remain so, and neither of us seeks to change that."
A slight smile appears.
"And I also know that it is not the first time that he has loved a mortal, come to that. Nor, I suspect, will it be the last."