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[The Exorcist is still probably stuck in that room cut off from the rest. That quiet, quiet room where nothing seems to be working. The fake sun hasn't even bother to rise or fall within the last few days, weeks, or was it months? The electricity had gone out forcing him to use candles and fireplaces for means of light.

It was probably a distressing few days if it hadn't been even more distressing before that.

Something lights up on a wall though. It is faint at first at a singular point, but that point begins to move and expand. It expands and draws lines of light on the wall. Most are circular in nature, but they do tend to crisscross around each other.

In the end a huge magical symbol taller than he is stands firmly etched on the wall.]

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I was leaning more towards magic if that was your fancy. Or do you think you wouldn't be ambitious enough to learn it?

I can learn anything you put in front of me. I just seem to... How should I put this? ... I seem to have a steeper learning curve for that.

But it might be different outside of the Dressing Room.

It is your choice. I'm just here to help you pick out a world.

[He starts laughing suddenly.]

This is odd, isn't it. Letting me help decide your fate. How did it come to this?

Without you, I'd still be starving to death, alone, in a cold room with no light except for a fire I'd been fueling with broken pieces of furniture.

I'm not about to complain about this state of affairs.

... Although, to be fair, I'd probably ask your opinion in any case.

Despite our differences, it is nice to know that you realize I do know how to have fun.

Oh, I know you know how to have fun. It may not always be my idea of fun, but you know how.

That's only because sometimes you are on the unfortunate end of some of my ideas of fun.

Hmmm... Though I wonder. I heard of a world of worlds once. Might be more machines than you would like, but you can travel from planet to planet. I doubt you would ever get bored. Stranded or stuck, but hardly bored.

What do you mean by "world of worlds"? The closest thing I can imagine is another Dressing Room, but that doesn't sound quite the same.

Planets. Solar systems. That sort of thing.

Oh. Those sorts of worlds.

[Looks sort of dumbfounded for a moment, trying to imagine it, then smiles.] It sounds... further forward than I had in mind, but it might be a good fit. As long as there's room for a stowaway on trips between worlds. A train ticket between countries costs enough; I can't imagine what it would cost to change one planet for another.

Now, now, those details you'll have to figure out for yourself.

But I was wondering if it was too far ahead.

It's further than I'd like, but I can't say I'm not intrigued.

This is quite difficult, you know. Picking out a world for you. I don't want you to get stuck somewhere unpleasant.

I don't mean to make it difficult. I'm sure I could make a life well enough anywhere. Doesn't every world have its downsides, anyway?

[Patting him on the shoulder.]

The comment wasn't made at you. I was just a stray thought. Picking a world is difficult.

It's harder than I would have thought, but it doesn't have to be.

Do you have a coin on you?

I'm not leaving your fate to a coin.

Honestly, it's more likely to grant me a happy ending than having me choose. I've come to realize almost everything unpleasant that ever happened to me has been the result of my own choices. Besides -- we've talked about a few things I've been equally interested in.

... Don't be angry with me for that. I'd ask you to pick whatever you think might suit me best, but that seems unfair to you.

Maybe that's the problem. You let yourself pick. Maybe I'd find you a better choice.

[Thinks about it.]

Then again. But I think we'll find you something similar to home without any of those silly Exorcists.

... If I'd had you make too many choices for me, I can't imagine the state I'd be in now. Rather, I don't want to imagine it.

Like home, but no Exorcists? Only if there aren't any Noah, either. I'm not interested in losing a world as soon as I get it.

Oh, I wouldn't be that cruel. I wouldn't know who to cheer for if I did something like that.

Hmmm. Though there still is that favor I want to ask of you. Are you ready to hear it? Unless you had anything else you wanted from me first.

I'm not in a position to ask you for any more favors. What do you want me to do?

Favor might be the wrong word. Is there anything you would like to do before we get this started?

[He thinks about this. Give him a few moments; he's just not used to goodbyes, let alone a question like that at a time like this.

What does he want from someone he can never see again? What does he want to do one more time -- or, what didn't he do before?]

Most things I might like to do with you again, we couldn't do right now.

[Another pause. Well, if this is his last opportunity...]

... Could you close your eyes? Only for a minute.

Just promise you aren't going to steal my wallet, alright?

[Jesting as he does close his eyes.]