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Stories about stories with stories in stories 🤔

“The American you come from, who was president when you left?”
“I didn’t leave. Or maybe… well. Clinton. Bill Clinton.”
“And before him?”
“George Bush.”
“Ah. And before Bush, Raegan, and before him… who?”
“Jimmy Carter.”
“Ah, you come from one of those americas. You have my sympathy.”

WHY CAN I NOT ESCAPE YOU WIL WHEATON???

“Now, perhaps you should tell me why I should not leave this place, now, taking with me your ball of little nuisances?”

“I am not in the habit of forgetting things.”
“Dream, my brother. You forget nothing you had interest in; you forget, instantly, those things you do not care to know.”

I think Dream high-key resents Destruction who has been able to abandon his realm and aspect for 300 years with no real consequences, while Dream cannot be kidnapped for 100 without his realm and the world falling into chaos.

If you do not climb you will not fall. This is true. But is it that bad to fail, that hard to fall? Sometimes you wake, and sometimes, yes, you die. But there is a third alternative.