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[ She has not slept. Shutting her eyes brought figures out of the darkness: a cardinal with eyes as crimson as his robes, her brother bleeding out of his own portrait and another figure who often visited her in her nightmares, a dead prince reaching out to her without being able to voice a word. She wept and screamed until she began to fear she might be going mad with grief.
Her mother once said that half of Lucrezia's illnesses come from her heart, not her body. Now, her heart is broken and she is certain she is ill. She reaches for her firefly; the second time she addresses the network could not have been more different than the first. ]
If one dreams of another who has died and he
in the dream, the one who died tries to speak and is unable, he is mute even though he spoke words as pretty as poetry when he lived
does that mean he passed without having said something he wished to?
does it come to imply that she who dreams of him has not listened well enough when he lived? that she had not been sweet enough of a friend?
was it her fault
Will he remain thus forever? desperate and mute in her dreams?
I do not think I can bear it, I
is there a physician abroad this ship? I fear I have fallen quite ill.
Her mother once said that half of Lucrezia's illnesses come from her heart, not her body. Now, her heart is broken and she is certain she is ill. She reaches for her firefly; the second time she addresses the network could not have been more different than the first. ]
If one dreams of another who has died and he
in the dream, the one who died tries to speak and is unable, he is mute even though he spoke words as pretty as poetry when he lived
does that mean he passed without having said something he wished to?
does it come to imply that she who dreams of him has not listened well enough when he lived? that she had not been sweet enough of a friend?
was it her fault
Will he remain thus forever? desperate and mute in her dreams?
I do not think I can bear it, I
is there a physician abroad this ship? I fear I have fallen quite ill.
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I fear it is a fever, Bruce Banner. I cannot sleep and I feel as though all my strength is gone from me
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...And have you stopped by medical, let them take a look at you?
[ because after everything that's happened, who knows what's wrong. ]
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[ and now some of that confidence drains away in favor of awkwardness, again. ]
I could drop by, if you're comfortable. At the very least bring a thermometer.
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I would allow it and be grateful for it. But first you must explain to me, what is this - thermometer?