sweet dreams till sunbeams find you, sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
"If it isn't won by a single person, it isn't lost by one, either. So why is it you take every failure in your life personally?" He echoes the question back to her, and all the goddess can do is raise her brows silently to say, yes, you idiot.
"If you can't change it, why do you continue to carry it around with you?" Defeats, deaths, plans that didn't turn out the way he'd intended or desired. Boo hoo. He'd said the words himself; it was in the past. And there he needed to leave it.
'Well, getting out of your own head would help. I can see the wheels turning in your mind. You think a mountain's worth and then offer up pebbles. How is anyone supposed to know what you think or feel about them when you keep it all inside? Handsome as that face is—" And here she reaches out softly to cup his cheek. "—it isn't as expression as you think it is. A twitch of your lips, a half frown, a blink of your eyes...humans are stupid. Getting out of your own head is the first step in getting out of your own way."
Safrin has given Deimos a quest.
He must find 5 characters who have the 'wrong' idea of him (or have misinterpreted something he's done/said/etc) OR who he's never fully expressed his feelings about, and either clarify (as in the first case), or elaborate (as in the second).
"If you can't change it, why do you continue to carry it around with you?" Defeats, deaths, plans that didn't turn out the way he'd intended or desired. Boo hoo. He'd said the words himself; it was in the past. And there he needed to leave it.
'Well, getting out of your own head would help. I can see the wheels turning in your mind. You think a mountain's worth and then offer up pebbles. How is anyone supposed to know what you think or feel about them when you keep it all inside? Handsome as that face is—" And here she reaches out softly to cup his cheek. "—it isn't as expression as you think it is. A twitch of your lips, a half frown, a blink of your eyes...humans are stupid. Getting out of your own head is the first step in getting out of your own way."
Safrin has given Deimos a quest.
He must find 5 characters who have the 'wrong' idea of him (or have misinterpreted something he's done/said/etc) OR who he's never fully expressed his feelings about, and either clarify (as in the first case), or elaborate (as in the second).
but in your dreams whatever they be, dream a little dream of me
