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She wakes early enough that it is still full dark outside, although the first stirrings of birds hint at the dawn to come.
Some few minutes later, Moiraine is seated at the small table in her kitchen, a cup of tea steaming untouched near to hand as she looks out the window, watching the trees and waiting for enough time to pass that she can make a phone call without waking the person she wishes to reach... and without disturbing his morning meditation session.
Some few minutes later, Moiraine is seated at the small table in her kitchen, a cup of tea steaming untouched near to hand as she looks out the window, watching the trees and waiting for enough time to pass that she can make a phone call without waking the person she wishes to reach... and without disturbing his morning meditation session.
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Date: 2012-07-21 03:25 am (UTC)Moiraine leaves the chair without hesitation and crosses the small room swiftly to stand before him. She looks up into his face, her dark-eyed glance seeking his, and reaches for his free hand.
"I am sorry. I did not know how else to say it."
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Date: 2012-07-21 03:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-21 03:28 am (UTC)She takes a soft breath.
"I do not expect that it is likely to happen again, however."
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Date: 2012-07-21 03:32 am (UTC)(He wants to get to work and go in Harry's office, with Hawk, and close the door.)
The problem is that, among all the other things, Morpheus is Moiraine's ex-husband.
Morpheus is Moiraine's business.
And Cooper has no right to ask for any kind of information.
No right at all.
Still, his hand squeezes hers briefly, and lets go. "But it didn't go badly?"
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Date: 2012-07-21 03:55 am (UTC)"I thought you should know, because -- "
It is a rare thing to see the Aes Sedai even this flustered.
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Date: 2012-07-21 03:59 am (UTC)If it's bad enough that she called him at 5:15, and asked him to come over immediately, and she can't find the words on her first try, then prompting her for an answer won't do anything but heighten anxiety for both of them.
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Date: 2012-07-21 04:08 am (UTC)"May I tell you from the beginning? I suspect it might be easier, if you are willing to listen."
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Date: 2012-07-21 04:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-21 04:16 am (UTC)"I do not recall when the dream I was having changed, but I recognized it almost immediately. It was the Garden, although not quite as I knew it before."
A tiny hint of a smile, soft and rueful.
"For one thing, there were Douglas firs."
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Date: 2012-07-21 04:17 am (UTC)"So that's a change." Quiet.
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Date: 2012-07-21 05:51 am (UTC)"He was waiting for me by the fountain, and asked if we might speak."
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Date: 2012-07-21 05:53 am (UTC)Cooper takes a sip of coffee.
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Date: 2012-07-21 06:02 am (UTC)She looks up at him.
"I had not noticed, not truly. I knew that I had not seen him at Milliways in some time, but -- I do not know how, but I had not realized the extent of his withdrawal. Had you?"
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Date: 2012-07-21 06:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-21 06:21 pm (UTC)She does not ask, but the look she gives him is briefly very searching before she nods.
"It appears that he has been occupied elsewhere with his work within the Dreaming," she tells him. "So much so that he did not notice, precisely, when the connection between Milliways and the Dreaming ... dissolved."
A beat of silence.
"He wishes to reestablish it, and sought to determine if that would be an issue of concern."
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Date: 2012-07-21 06:24 pm (UTC)"And he asked you." A question.
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Date: 2012-07-21 06:32 pm (UTC)"He did."
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Date: 2012-07-21 06:35 pm (UTC)Cooper can't ask that. He knows he can't.
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Date: 2012-07-21 06:36 pm (UTC)There is something complex in her tone as she says that.
"I told him, in essence, that he was welcome to return there."
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Date: 2012-07-21 06:37 pm (UTC)"Okay."
Steadily.
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Date: 2012-07-21 06:38 pm (UTC)"I wanted you to know," she says. "Because I thought you would wish to."
The faintest hint of color rises in her face.
"And because I need to ask you a question, as well."
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Date: 2012-07-21 06:38 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-07-21 06:39 pm (UTC)Slowly: "Moiraine, I'm not sure what question you're really asking me. Or what the importance of it is. Because technically speaking -- you are. You weren't born to this particular United States of America, or even this planet. And you know that better than anyone." Beat. "Does that bother you?"
And what does Morpheus have to do with that?
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Date: 2012-07-21 06:40 pm (UTC)"Perhaps it would be better to ask, does that bother you?"
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