[He leans back in his seat, looking up. There's no open sky above them, just the plain old ceiling of the fancier townhouse, but he can imagine it well enough.]
The Citadel was the tallest building in Insomnia; it had to be, to maintain the Crystal and the Wall. When I couldn't sleep I used to go up to one of the towers and lay down on the roof, trying to find new patterns, or just counting them until I dozed off.
[They never looked right, with the Wall in between, but it was relaxing every time, and those twinkling lights chased the dark of his dreams away far better than the empty canopy of his bed ever could. He hums, amused and somewhat pleased with himself.]
Used to drive everyone crazy when they'd check my room and didn't know where I was.
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[He leans back in his seat, looking up. There's no open sky above them, just the plain old ceiling of the fancier townhouse, but he can imagine it well enough.]
The Citadel was the tallest building in Insomnia; it had to be, to maintain the Crystal and the Wall. When I couldn't sleep I used to go up to one of the towers and lay down on the roof, trying to find new patterns, or just counting them until I dozed off.
[They never looked right, with the Wall in between, but it was relaxing every time, and those twinkling lights chased the dark of his dreams away far better than the empty canopy of his bed ever could. He hums, amused and somewhat pleased with himself.]
Used to drive everyone crazy when they'd check my room and didn't know where I was.