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Summary
The Dreaming holds all dreams within it.
As a nightmare, Corinthian never slept to dream, not in any real sense, not in the usual way of things, but Dream needs to know how he has failed and where, the why of it, if he is to do better than before. So he goes down to the dark and endless water and all that hides within it, sprinkling a gustful of sand upon the surface, and-
“There you are.”
-they are in a bathhouse that existed an eternity ago, open to the public, mosaic and tall urns with drifting fronds. People come and go; wine is sold, perfumes. A charlatan heals the sick in one room, another holds court to an adoring public in the next.
Corinthian floats in the middle of a heated pool, steam rising from blue water.
He is gold in his paleness.
Naked, save for the smoke tinted glass over his eyes.
Series
- Part 1 of Hymn's Fic: The Sandman Collection