D3 Wildwing
With the arrival of the afternoon, the sun began its waning course. Mira looked up at the sky as she walked around the side of the castle, still looking for Wildwing.
"Time seems to move faster here," she said to herself. "It still seems like it should still be morning."
"Yeah, I'm not sure we have a 24-hour day here," Wildwing's voice said behind her.
Mira started and turned around.
"Sorry," Wildwing said with a smile from where he was sitting on a stone bench. "You found my hiding place."
"Hiding place?"
"Well, I come out to think. It feels more secluded than other places in the castle."
Mira looked around and saw that there were enough trees around to provide some cover, so it did kind of feel like a secret alcove.
"I take it you were looking for me?" Wildwing asked.
"Well, I've talked to everyone else."
"About last night?"
Mira nodded.
"Last night… it looked like you were having a nightmare," she said as she sat down beside him.
Wildwing drew in a deep breath.
"I'm the only one who is truly asleep at night, but my curse is to dream of all the terrible things that can happen to my teammates… and never know until I wake up if what I saw was only a dream or if it was real."
"Do you see things in your dreams that are really happening?"
"Last night I saw you unlock the door to the room where Nosedive, Mallory and Tanya were."
Mira dropped her gaze.
"But I also saw Grin come charging upstairs and burst into their room."
"You saw him…" Mira found that she didn't want to finish that sentence.
"I see terrible things in my dreams. I might have been too harsh in accusing you this morning, but I guess you can see why I was angry."
Mira nodded.
"Since you arrived, my nightmares have shifted to include scenes of Grin hurting you as well."
"I'm sorry. I don't mean to cause you any extra worry," Mira said. "It's cruel what the sorceress has done to all of you."
"I suppose it's put all of us on edge," Wildwing sighed.
"After speaking with the others, I fear she's turning you all into her prisoners in more ways than just keeping you trapped at this castle," Mira said. "I think you need to do something to change that."
"How?"
"Well, like when was the last time you did something fun?"
"Fun? Here?" Wildwing scoffed. "That's like a foreign concept in this place."
"Exactly," Mira said. "If you're all miserable, then isn't that the same thing as surrendering to the sorceress's game?"
"I guess I'd never thought of it like that," Wildwing said. "I didn't think we had much of a choice."
"There's always a choice," Mira insisted.
"Well, maybe after dinner, we'll try to do something… fun," he said thoughtfully. "I'm not sure what it's going to be, but it would be a nice change."
Mira stood up.
"Let's go find the others. I think I heard Nosedive say something about food."
Wildwing rose as well and started to walk with her.
"Yeah, I'm not surprised. He's always up for that."
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