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Reaching out, he touched the strap Like ink spreading across paper, the ivory fabric turned the sao as the vine’s blosso his work

"How’d you do that?" I exclaimed

"It’s my dream Hmm You’re not a blue person Well, at least not in the color sense Let’s try this" The blue lit up into a brilliant crimson "Yes, that’s it Red’s your color Red like a rose, like a sweet, sweet Rose"

"Oh man," I said "I didn’t know you could kick into crazy ot as dark and depressed as Lissa had last year, but spirit definitely made him weird sometimes

He stepped back and threw his arms out "I’ to write an impromptu poem for you" He tipped his head back and shouted to the sky:

"Rose is in red

But never in blue

Sharp as a thorn

Fights like one too"

Adrian dropped his arms and looked at ht?" I asked

He shook his head "Art doesn’t have to make sense, little dhaht?"

"Not the craziest I’ve ever seen"

"Well," he said, pacing over to study soeas, "I’ll work on that"

I started to ask again about when I could go "back" to sleep, but our exchange brought so to my mind

"Adrianhow do you know if you’re crazy or not?"

He turned from the flowers, a smile on his face I could tell he was about to make a joke, but then he looked at me more closely The smile faded, and he turned unusually serious

"Do you think you’re crazy?" he asked

"I don’t know," I said, looking down at the ground I was barefoot, and sharp blades of grass tickled s"

"People who are crazy rarely question whether they’re crazy," he said wisely

I sighed and looked back up at him "That doesn’t really help me"

He walked back over to me and rested a hand on my shoulder "I don’t think you’re crazy, Rose I think you’ve been through a lot, though"

I frowned "What’s that mean?"

"It means I don’t think you’re crazy"

"Thanks That clears things up You know, these drea me"

"Lissa doesn’t mind them," he said

"You visit hers too? Do you seriously have no boundaries?"

"Nah, hers are instructional She wants to learn how to do this"

"Great So I’ets to put up with your sexual harassment"

He actually looked hurt "I really wish you wouldn’t act like I’m evil incarnate"

"Sorry I just haven’t haduseful"

"Right As opposed to your cradle-robbing ress with him"

I took a step back and narrowed my eyes "Leave Di like he’s perfect Correct , but he’s one of the people who hid the trial froht?"

I looked away "That’s not iht now Besides, he had his reasons"

"Yeah, which apparently didn’t involve being open with you or fighting to get you there Whereas et you into the trial"

"You?" I asked with a harsh laugh "How are you going to pull that off? Have a se? Use compulsion on the queen and half the royals at court?"

"You shouldn’t be so quick to slaht kiss on o get soarden faded, and I fell back into the normal blackness of sleep