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[keepgodwaiting]

[ And there's another question she expected -- not one she's so sure about answering now, though. Peter and Vanessa know each other, judging by the way he was trailing around after her at the gala, but she isn't sure whether he and Dream have any connection. ]

If I tell you that, and I don't take you up on the deal, what will you do?

[hypnagothic]

Nothing. Unless the demon were to force the issue somehow.

[keepgodwaiting]

[ Another slow nod. ]

S'pose it's better to have more eyes on him than not.

His name's Peter Graham.

[hypnagothic]

[ he frowns lightly. ]

The child following lady Vanessa?

[keepgodwaiting]

... Yeah, you know his name, right?

[ Genuine question. That's just. That's a weird way to describe someone you've met, she thinks. ]

[hypnagothic]

[ he gives her a cool look that is somehow the equivalent of "are you fucking serious right now?" ]

She has spoken of him to me.

[keepgodwaiting]

[ WELL ]

What's she said?

[ This isn't suspicious, nor trolling; it's more the tone of a doctor looking for symptoms. ]

[hypnagothic]

The he ... cares a great deal for her.

[keepgodwaiting]

[ Constantine frowns, nodding. ]

Maybe I should talk to her. She's got a good head on her shoulders.

[hypnagothic]

She would certainly know more of his waking hours.

[keepgodwaiting]

[ Curious: ] Does he hang around her the way he was at the gala?

[hypnagothic]

I believe so.

[keepgodwaiting]

Huh.

[ Could mean something, could mean nothing. He's a traumatized kid in a strange city, and Ives doesn't seem like the worst adult figure he could latch on to. Kid's smart enough not to latch onto Constantine herself, for instance.

She taps her fingers on her teacup absently, quiet and thinking for a moment. It's tempting to nose around the topic of Ives more, since she's come up organically. Morpheus' answers at the gala had been pretty definitive, though, and Constantine doesn't have anything new to ask that wouldn't be better addressed to Ives herself. Or Chandler, maybe. And besides, she mainly came here to try and work out her next steps with regards to Peter. ]

Well. You've given me a lot to think about.

[ And less help than she was banking on. :| ]

[hypnagothic]

[ suck it, Constantine. he tips his head slightly as he regards her though. ]

Though of how much you will heed any of my words remains to be seen.

[keepgodwaiting]

[ Flat: ] That's what I like about you, Morpheus, I can always rely on your delicate bloody touch.

[hypnagothic]

Some dreamers require a more blatant message.

[keepgodwaiting]

At least I'm not naked at school and I've got all my teeth, I suppose.

[ She sits back, picking up her tea and sipping it. Grumpily. ]

Thanks for meeting me, anyway.

[hypnagothic]

[ he has yet to touch the tea she poured for him, but it doesn't look like he's leaving just yet. ]

Will you speak to lady Vanessa of him?

[keepgodwaiting]

... Yeah.

[ The hesitation isn't snarky, or anything, it's just her considering the possibilities. ]

Seems like she knows a thing or two about people carrying around things that aren't themselves.

[ GIRL IF ONLY YOU KNEW ]

[hypnagothic]

[ IF ONLY. he nods, not betraying the irony of that at all. ]

Perhaps so, though she may also be able to offer any further insight of the host, as well.

[keepgodwaiting]

I hope so. [ A sigh. ] He seems like a nice kid. It's bad enough there's kids here in the first place without a demon making it worse.

[hypnagothic]

More than a demon, apparently.

[keepgodwaiting]

How's that?

[hypnagothic]

I understand that there is, or at least was, something that had been causing him harm.

[keepgodwaiting]

Here or back home?