#bergen_county

"Right."

"So. What is it that you want, Adam?"

He bluescreens again, a bit.

Painting, patient.

"......want........."

"Yes. For your life, in the future?"

A long pause as she works.

"Everything."

"Oh? SO what does that look like?"

"Fae."

"I'd heard. A rare oppurtunity."

"Why do you want it so much?"

"It... I ... why?"

"Yes, why?"

"What will you do with that gift?"

"Anything? Everything!"

"I want... I want adventure and..... I would protect, like, the Dreaming and Fae. I would!"

An elegantly arched eyebrow.

.........the mortal is mesmerized by that. The beauty, grace, the poise, the perfection of it.... just the one eyebrow. Two might kill him.

"What bars you from either task, as you are now?"

It takes him a minute.

"Uh. Nothing? But I could do it better if.... if I weren't... if I had it... if I were Fae? I could do more. Better."

"Lady, let me serve you." He breathes.

"Please."

"Mmm."

"I think you need to figure out what you want."

"Not what you think I want to hear."

He sinks to his knees. "Serving you is what I want, My Lady."

Sigh.

"Why?"

"You.... it.... I...."

"I want to."

"You don't know me."

"I want to."

"I might be cruel."

"Ok."

"Why is that okay?"

"If you want it to be....." Accepting, adoring.

"Ah."

He settles near by, to watch her paint.

Enraptured.

"What do you think is the most precious thing in the world?"

"You?"

"fine. Second most."

"Yes, my Lady."

"Well?"

"What else is precious to you?"