he's done that a hundred times and a hundred times more. he's oberon, after all. the faerie king. yearning after a midsummer night's dream, praying for the day he can find his beautiful titania.
but that's not true, is it?
tell me who you really are.
he could tell her he lied, of course. that there's no such thing as a midsummer night's dream. that stories aren't real, just beautiful dreams meant to be watched once, crushed, and tossed aside. of course he isn't real. of course titania isn't real. of course her wish isn't real. what does any of it matter-
but that's not true, is it?
tell me who you really are.
how can he do that? every word out of his mouth is a lie. he can never speak the truth, or it would become a lie in that very moment. if he tells her what he is, he will be lying. if he's lying, he can't fulfill her desires. he can't make her wish come true. and that, above all else, is one thing he knows he can never let be true.
tell me who you really are.
the laugh that escapes him is... different. wrong. oberon, with certainty - and yet not oberon, or anything like him. a different person, who has been the same person all this time. ]
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he's done that a hundred times and a hundred times more. he's oberon, after all. the faerie king. yearning after a midsummer night's dream, praying for the day he can find his beautiful titania.
but that's not true, is it?
tell me who you really are.
he could tell her he lied, of course. that there's no such thing as a midsummer night's dream. that stories aren't real, just beautiful dreams meant to be watched once, crushed, and tossed aside. of course he isn't real. of course titania isn't real. of course her wish isn't real. what does any of it matter-
but that's not true, is it?
tell me who you really are.
how can he do that? every word out of his mouth is a lie. he can never speak the truth, or it would become a lie in that very moment. if he tells her what he is, he will be lying. if he's lying, he can't fulfill her desires. he can't make her wish come true. and that, above all else, is one thing he knows he can never let be true.
tell me who you really are.
the laugh that escapes him is... different. wrong. oberon, with certainty - and yet not oberon, or anything like him. a different person, who has been the same person all this time. ]