Mm. Manipulating dreams is easy. [He shrugs.] There are plenty here who would do it for you.
[Lucifer might. He likes dreams, he has just enough spare time to make it worth his while. But he doesn't offer outright, because it doesn't take a paranoid mind to see how letting Satan poke at your subconscious would be bad.
Even if he doesn't need permission to do it, there's a difference between someone breaking in, and leaving the door open with a map to all the valuables.]
Well, I won't criticize. I wouldn't tell those assholes I was in pain if my head was on fire.
[He winks, because that's not what Al meant, and he knows it. But he also understands what it is to not want to disclose the truth, when the truth is that you're not healing fast enough for them.]
So you're telling me, because you know it won't drag me down.
[Lucifer reaches up, and touches Al's forehead. The thoughts will drain away like water from a jug, leaving behind nothing. Lucifer is incapable of sharing peace now, but he can do nothingness.
And it will probably be more restful than dreaming all night of the ocean. You know. Maybe.
At any rate, it's deeper than hypnosis, and only sleep will banish it.]
[Lucifer walks him inside, a step at a time. He finds Al's room in the dark, and just lays him down with clothes and shoes on. He's still fairly bad at stripping his own body, let alone someone else's boots.
And he waits until Al is asleep before he leaves. Just to be sure it worked.]
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Why can't you sleep?
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...Or something to put you so far under you don't dream.
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[Just ignoring the prostitute comment.]
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[Lucifer might. He likes dreams, he has just enough spare time to make it worth his while. But he doesn't offer outright, because it doesn't take a paranoid mind to see how letting Satan poke at your subconscious would be bad.
Even if he doesn't need permission to do it, there's a difference between someone breaking in, and leaving the door open with a map to all the valuables.]
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I just... need to not think for a while.
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[... well.]
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[He winks, because that's not what Al meant, and he knows it. But he also understands what it is to not want to disclose the truth, when the truth is that you're not healing fast enough for them.]
So you're telling me, because you know it won't drag me down.
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You aren't the only person I know who's lost someone they needed.
But, back to the point. I can clear your mind now or I can follow you to bed. I'll let you decide how that goes.
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Are we going to go through this every single time I offer something? You know, I told you my brothers could do it because I knew-
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[It's fact Lucifer, deal with it.]
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Are we doing this, or do you want to take your chances with my socially stunted siblings?
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[He's on the edge of not caring.]
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And it will probably be more restful than dreaming all night of the ocean. You know. Maybe.
At any rate, it's deeper than hypnosis, and only sleep will banish it.]
Go to bed.
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He reaches for Lucifer's arm, trying to make sure he wouldn't fall over. Once his mind is empty, his body starts screaming exhaustion.]
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And he waits until Al is asleep before he leaves. Just to be sure it worked.]
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