[ Viola drew her knees up to her chest, wrapping her arms around them. ]
[ So that was what he meant about a 'dream world.' If they'd had this conversation back home, Viola wouldn't have accepted the idea of multiple worlds any more than she accepted the idea of dream worlds. But since arriving at the Bastion and meeting so many other people that said they were from other worlds, Viola had been forced to open her mind to such a possibility. ]
[ And it explained a lot about Frederic, realizing that he was a visitor from a different world. Viola had always recognized that other-ness about him, although she originally just attributed it to his unique manner. ]
[ He had mentioned dreams plenty of times, but this was the first time she had ever heard him mention dying. She knew that he had some kind of terminal illness--all magic users did--but it wasn't something she put much thought to. In fact, now that she thought about it, Viola realized that she really didn't know anything about Frederic, except what they had experienced together on their journey. She had never thought about the life he had before. ]
[ And now that she knew about it, she was sad. Really sad. It was like a poignant pain in her own heart, tied with all sorts of regrets that Viola had never felt before. If these were the sympathy pains, Viola couldn't imagine what it really felt like for Frederic. ]
[ She didn't know what to say, an experience that was usually rare for Viola. She sat in silence for what felt like forever, thinking over all these things. ]
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[ So that was what he meant about a 'dream world.' If they'd had this conversation back home, Viola wouldn't have accepted the idea of multiple worlds any more than she accepted the idea of dream worlds. But since arriving at the Bastion and meeting so many other people that said they were from other worlds, Viola had been forced to open her mind to such a possibility. ]
[ And it explained a lot about Frederic, realizing that he was a visitor from a different world. Viola had always recognized that other-ness about him, although she originally just attributed it to his unique manner. ]
[ He had mentioned dreams plenty of times, but this was the first time she had ever heard him mention dying. She knew that he had some kind of terminal illness--all magic users did--but it wasn't something she put much thought to. In fact, now that she thought about it, Viola realized that she really didn't know anything about Frederic, except what they had experienced together on their journey. She had never thought about the life he had before. ]
[ And now that she knew about it, she was sad. Really sad. It was like a poignant pain in her own heart, tied with all sorts of regrets that Viola had never felt before. If these were the sympathy pains, Viola couldn't imagine what it really felt like for Frederic. ]
[ She didn't know what to say, an experience that was usually rare for Viola. She sat in silence for what felt like forever, thinking over all these things. ]
You're at least.. not suffering now, right?