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[captainkink]

It's really well done.

[trickor]

You've no basis for comparison, Captain. ...But I thank you nonetheless.

[captainkink]

We have holograms in the future.

[trickor]

Holograms?

[captainkink]

Technology that can project pictures... like your illusions.

[trickor]

Impressive.

[captainkink]

Thanks.

[trickor]

Is it very difficult for you? The differences between this place and what you are used to.

[captainkink]

Sometimes, but not always.

[trickor]

What do you most miss? Your ship and crew aside.

[captainkink]

I guess... the stars. That open space.

[trickor]

You are not frightened by the vastness of it?

[captainkink]

Only when it gets dark, but it's too bright to be frightened of.

[trickor]

Does it help? That our room no longer ever grows fully dark.

[captainkink]

It helps.

[trickor]

...I could set an illusion so that our walls reflect the sky, if you'd like.

[captainkink]

Sweetie, that's overdoing it.

[pause] I can't keep running away from that fear. I'm still scared. ... No, I was terrified. But eventually ... I won't be. It's just too early to stop thinking about ... not being able to reach for ... [he stops]

[trickor]

I would have offered to do it, even if you hadn't developed your fear of the dark.

[captainkink]

It's not just a fear of the dark, Loki.

[trickor]

...I know.

[captainkink]

It's not even a real fear, it's something I went through.

[trickor]

How is that not a real fear?

[captainkink]

Because it's an experience.

[trickor]

Nightmares from the past are the worse for being memories.

[captainkink]

I guess.