"Okay," Daniel says, "I can work with that. I want to do better for you than I did with... anyone else. Doesn't mean I'm going be able to do it. Doesn't mean I'm going to stop being a cantankerous old bastard."
He hesitates at the mention of Paris. "I don't know yet," comes the answer. "Paris and all of the other memories I don't have... just knowing they're there, feels like an answer to why I always felt so hollow. But where you and I are now, we fucking worked for this. I know I'm gonna want to know someday. You know I will."
They draw close to the food stalls and dumb carnival games.
"But first," Daniel drawls, smirking with barely suppressed glee, "I want to watch you fleece some poor cheating carny at his own game."
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Date: 2024-08-27 01:21 am (UTC)He hesitates at the mention of Paris. "I don't know yet," comes the answer. "Paris and all of the other memories I don't have... just knowing they're there, feels like an answer to why I always felt so hollow. But where you and I are now, we fucking worked for this. I know I'm gonna want to know someday. You know I will."
They draw close to the food stalls and dumb carnival games.
"But first," Daniel drawls, smirking with barely suppressed glee, "I want to watch you fleece some poor cheating carny at his own game."