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excuse for a royal You should lay down, Cian You should fade The

world would be better if you faded”

Cian’s eyes clouded over He’d heard this before He heard that

voice when he thought about getting up from time to time He would

wonder about soet out of

bed, but then that voice came back Beck would be better if he faded

So at his

bedside, whispering the words over and over until he believed them

There was some sort of smoke that ith the episodes He always

felt so much farther away after he breathed that smoke

“Get back in your bed, Cian,” Liadan said in a co voice

“It’s time to fade You’ll be happier, and so will Beckett” The voice

beca He felt her hands on his shoulders They were cold

“It will be nice, won’t it? You can go someplace warm You can be

with your ain You miss them, don’t you?”