29: Safe
In the dream world everything is strange, I never did hate Krad to begin with, though I hated what he did, and now I remember that he probably saved my life. But to just sit here in this place between dreams and reality, with Krad a silent companion in this realm of nothingness that seems to be beyond the seal of the Black wings, is utterly surreal. Being here with Krad fees safe somehow, in a way much like when Daisuke and I just enjoy each other's company ant the fact that together we do not need to pretend. But to feel that here, now, with Krad? It's astounding and shocking how his wings, the originals of my own, are so warm and soft over us. I think I am beginning to feel for Krad what Daisuke felt and probably still feels for Dark, that he is family.
And with this version of Krad, I honestly don't mind. This time I feel safe enough to tell Krad about the changes that Daisuke and I are undergoing, and the reaction I get is not what I would've been expecting if I'd been expecting anything. "So the thief wasn't lying." I sit up, "You can talk to Dark?" "Some, I prefer not to. You are much better company than he is, but we were one long ago, and we may have been apart too long to return to what we were then, but we don't fight anymore. After all, what would be the point now?" I nod and ask "So Daisuke told, Dark, who told you, that the two of us are becoming more magic and less human, do either of you have any clue why this is happening?" Krad doesn't reply, instead he stares at me and I suddenly realize that my own wings just appeared. I hadn't called them consciously, which I need to do if I want them in the world, but it seems the rules are different here. "This is…" Krad murmurs and reaches out. I've never seen him like this, and don't realize that he was reaching for my wings until his hand reaches the right one disbelievingly. At the brush of his fingers I stiffen, but can't quite pull the wing away.