AU Novelisation of Baldur's Gate. Part 2 of 3. Reunited, the two siblings find themselves somewhere else, lost but not alone. The second part of Left Behind, written back in September 2011.
A dream. The dreamer. Emptiness. Vastness. Floating. A dream?
"Heya! Wake up, sleepyhead! It's me, Imoen!"
Imoen?
"Yer silly; have ya forgotten yer big sister?"
Where am I? Darkness. Floating.
"How ya doing? Kinda heard you screaming for a while back there."
Screaming…?
"Say, aren't you supposed to be in Candlekeep?"
Candlekeep…? So long ago.
"Yeah, it was a while… listen, I… I looked all over for you. They told me you'd disappeared… it's… my fault you're here. I led them to you. I didn't know."
Who?
The masked one, with the blue eyes. The pale one, whose gaze is death.
"Yeah, them. Listen, we gotta get out of here. What they want from us – you gotta believe me."
I never doubted you.
"I know, little brother."
How long…
"Have I known? Always, I guess. You're such a slowpoke."
How…?
"Before the dreams? It's your eyes. Same as mine."
Yours are brown…
"So?"
The feel of my hair being ruffled.
"Listen… we don't have long. He's coming back… you must hold on. Try to remember."
Remember?
"The dreams. Who you are. Who we are. We gotta hold onto it. He tries to take it. As long as we remember, he can't–"
Who am I?
"You're my brother."
Imoen…
"That's right. You remember Candlekeep? I had to leave you. Sarevok. One of us, our brother. He wanted to kill you, but he didn't know which one of us it was."
Sarevok… the Iron Throne.
"Yeah. You weren't there."
Hull… he pushed me…
"I'm so sorry. You were supposed to be safe."
We are never safe.
"I guess not." A smile; the ghost of a smile. "Hey, I love you, little brother."
I love you.
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