daydreamers

[sequel to nightrunners]

Rafe Cameron is an idea; some kind of abstraction. He is not real: only an entity, something illusory. That doesn't mean Cassiopeia won't try to grab at thin air.
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"And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable... I simply am not there."
"How long are you going to keep quoting American Psycho?"
"Until I'm engrained in your permanent memory Cassiopeia."