[ his voice is firm on that. any place that locks you in. never offers a choice. never lets you leave. it may be a nicer cage. a favourable one. but dolph knows enough of cages, pleasant and cruel, to feel the bars. even the virtual reality he stepped in . . . that was a cage too.
it was just a cage with . . . alex. the alex he knew. the alex he loved. the alex he always thought existed. the good man. the man who loved him. a fantasy.
but that has often been the case with people loving dolph.
still. he takes some pity on akira now. ]
You're trying to convince of life. Of more. But I know all that. And I know the end. I hold both in equal measure. There's no escape.
Let it go, Akira. You have other people to see to. I'll be here. Until dream's end.
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[ his voice is firm on that. any place that locks you in. never offers a choice. never lets you leave. it may be a nicer cage. a favourable one. but dolph knows enough of cages, pleasant and cruel, to feel the bars. even the virtual reality he stepped in . . . that was a cage too.
it was just a cage with . . . alex. the alex he knew. the alex he loved. the alex he always thought existed. the good man. the man who loved him. a fantasy.
but that has often been the case with people loving dolph.
still. he takes some pity on akira now. ]
You're trying to convince of life. Of more. But I know all that. And I know the end. I hold both in equal measure. There's no escape.
Let it go, Akira. You have other people to see to. I'll be here. Until dream's end.