[It's good he tells her the end of that story, because she was already preparing to ask what happened to the ones responsible. It's another unfortunate similarity between them.
She decides to keep the part where she volunteered to herself. The list grows.]
He deserved it. If the nightmares ever become too much, I can keep them away. Give you a dreamless sleep. It's easy.
[And better than giving people terrible nightmares.]
[ Even if she takes his dreams away, she'll move on eventually. That's not resignation, it's hope. She's young. He restarted at forty, and then had to again at fifty. He may act like her father, but doesn't that also mean that someday she'll move out and start again? He hopes that for her, but that also means he needs to figure out his own things too. ]
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But, well. We are related, in some universes.
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[He's a man that loved his family dearly. It's hard for Wanda to dislike someone like that.]
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[ A beat. ]
Do you play chess?
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I can get into heads as well. But I try not to do it without permission these days.
[That said...]
You could teach me how to play. I won't cheat.
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That's new.
That's all right. I can find a different game for us.
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[Not really what people love to hear, because it makes them suspicious. Rightfully so.]
I don't like doing it when I don't have to.
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You don't want to see my dreams, anyway.
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[No surprise there, given what he's told her.]
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[ A beat. ]
Don't worry, I killed him.
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She decides to keep the part where she volunteered to herself. The list grows.]
He deserved it. If the nightmares ever become too much, I can keep them away. Give you a dreamless sleep. It's easy.
[And better than giving people terrible nightmares.]
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[ Even if she takes his dreams away, she'll move on eventually. That's not resignation, it's hope. She's young. He restarted at forty, and then had to again at fifty. He may act like her father, but doesn't that also mean that someday she'll move out and start again? He hopes that for her, but that also means he needs to figure out his own things too. ]
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[She wasn't expecting him to take her up on the offer.]
Old men need their sleep.
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Life moves pretty quick.
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[It's just her teasing. He's not old to her, not really. Father-aged.]
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[ If they were related though, she could probably rest assured she's going to have great skin until she's into her sixties. ]
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[To grow old, to grey. So many people they know won't reach that point.]
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[Because there's some strong bad luck in this family.]