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Because you still believe you can have everything, his dark eyes say You can’t We have nothing Only the current moment Once you understand that, you knohat’s sacred and not, and never lose sight of it again

"But you have forever You have every moment"

"No Like you, I have but this one Death isn’t the only foe that steals fros you prize You think a monster has control of you"

"It does"

"It is in control only by your consent"

Bristling, I unlace h my wet hair and say, "That’s not true I didn’t choose the Book I didn’t let it in It took "

"There is now"

"And your beast was so easy to subdue" I say, acid-sweet and pissed He’s acting like it should be simple Like, why haven’t I defeated it yet?

"Never said it was But I did it And I didn’t sit around brooding, vacillating between coivable in my book"

"Stay the hell out of ain control?"

I worry my lower lip with my teeth for a moment then admit, "I don’t know that I did It may have simply fallen asleep"

"Wondered if that would happen"

"But I was figuring things out at the saer"

"And once it has rested?"

"That’s the ht it?"

"Become it"

I stare at him in disbelief

"Remember the runes that fortified the Unseelie prison walls? They draw strength from resistance Don’t resist Become" He stands and extends his hand "Come"