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paige and arcturus quotes from the bone season series. art by dreamcoloredink on instagram.

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“With you as its leader, the movement will thrive.”
“You really believe that.”
“I always have.”

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So he wanted to trust me. And he was asking me to trust him. An exchange. A truce. I could ask him anything now, anything at all, and he would do it.

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“I don’t know what you want me to say.”
“Ideally, I would like you to tell me who has been so cruel to you in the past as to make you think that you can trust nobody.” Warden returned to his seat. “But I know you will not tell me that.”

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“Do you mind it?” I asked softly. “Being linked to me?”
The silence rang with something I recognized.
“No.” His voice was a shadow. “It roots me again. You remind me what it is to have a home.”

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‘I always want you with me,’ he said. ‘But remember what I told you in the chandlery.’
I thought back. ‘Our lifelines will meet when the æther sees fit?’
‘Yes.’ He interlinked our fingers.

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‘Sounds nice.’ I toyed with his collar. ‘Are you asking me out?’
‘That was my intention.’
‘Took you long enough.’

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I had made the mistake of dreamwalking into a Buzzer once before, and had only survived because Arcturus had used the golden cord to pull me out of its dreamscape. I never meant to do that again, but I could still play my part. This time, I would be his bodyguard.

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I had seen him making coffee in the mornings, leaving the bathroom with wet hair, reading books and watching films. I had slept in his arms. To me, he was half a step from human.

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‘You look deep in thought. No regrets?’
‘Never. I was only reflecting.’
‘On last night?’
‘On every night since I first saw you.’ He rested his forehead on mine. ‘Would you care for some coffee?’
I kissed him. ‘You always know what to say.’

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‘I’m still glad we met.’ I shut my eyes. ‘And I would do it all again.’
Arcturus gathered me to his chest, shielding as much of me as he could. I pressed the last of my knives into his grasp.

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I stirred, thinking I was in Paris. I reached across the bed and found nothing.
If you can hear me, answer me. Even if it’s only to say you hate me.

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‘I’m here.’ I kissed him. ‘I’ve got you.’
In answer, he cradled my hips, holding me like I was his deliverance.

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‘I want you.’ I breathed the words against his mouth. ‘I want all of you.’
‘Good.’ He looked me in the eyes. ‘I owe you a duet.’

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“Learning a duet entails time. And patience. Calls for us to move as one.” He found a sensitive place at the back of my thigh, and I breathed his name. “I want you to show me where to touch you. I want to know how to make your body sing.”

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‘You were with him while I was in there,’ I said. ‘Did he seem upset?’
‘You know what they’re like. So hard to read, but … Paige, I think he was devastated.’

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‘I cannot lead the Ranthen.’
‘Why not?’
‘If I did, I would always have to be with them. I would never be able to see you, Paige.’

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‘I’m all right.’ I grasped his nape, trying to slow my breathing. ‘Just stay there.’
‘Be assured,’ he said, ‘that I am not going anywhere.’

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‘While I am using my gift, my dreamscape reflects yours. Think of it as a mirror, and your memories as light.’