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[diastereomer]

[ Though he's still not entirely comfortable addressing the City at large (at least, not for anything more than shaming the dog), this video feed is obviously intentional. ]

A curse for flying, hm?

[ Yusuf taps his chin, as if he hasn't thought about this for the past couple days. ]

Well, I hope no one was hurt. Flying without a means only happens in hallucinations... and dreams, of course.

In my world, at least. [ He adds, because the City is full of surprising people with surprising talents. ]

I wonder if flying is the City's collective desire. If you could have any dream you liked, would it be to fly?

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[signatures]

What was your first dream, anyway? Flying? A harem of girls? Winning the Nobel Prize?

[diastereomer]

I don't think most people remember their first natural dream.

[ Word... choice... ]

[signatures]

The first one you can remember, then.

And what you wanted to dream of afterward.

[synanthrope]

I don't dream.

[diastereomer]

You don't dream at all?

[synanthrope]

If I do I don't remember any of them.

[misterblackbird]

Do you mean daydreams or only dreams had while sleeping?

[diastereomer]

If you had a daydream that you would like to have again, or expound upon in a dream while sleeping.

[misterblackbird]

I only ask because I seem to have more choice in my daydreams than in the dreams I have while sleeping.

I suppose flying could be one of them I'd like to have. There are others, though.

[skintoskin]

[He sits on his window ledge and looks down at the street below before turning back to the device.]

Maybe? I've never flown before...

[diastereomer]

No one [ And he's about to say from the real world but, well, if there's one thing the City has taught him its that "normal" is entirely subjective now isn't it? ] that I know has. Not outside of dreams at least.

So if you could control you dreams, you would wish to fly?

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[sixwinged]

If I could have any dream come true-- it'd definitely be to fly.

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[diastereomer]

Nothing else? Maybe fly in space? Or fly while shooting lasers out of your eyes?

[wouldnotkindly]

I don't know about flying, but... [He sighs.] I guess it'd be nice to have a dream that isn't a nightmare for once. But the flying might just turn into a nightmare anyway.

[diastereomer]

All of your dreams are nightmares?

[valentineluke]

I say 'Family/Togetherness', hence why the several curses based on that.

[diastereomer]

As the City's collective desire?

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[riches]

Flying in an airplane would be more than enough for me. What kind of curse makes people themselves do it?

[video]

[diastereomer]

As a passenger or a pilot?

I suppose the same kind that turns young girls into cheetah's and, well, the same kind that brings all of us here in the first place.

[whitetwoguns]

That's a pretty fucking personal question, pal.

[diastereomer]

Considering the dreams people have asked for, I would be inclined to agree.

[hexuality]

Curses based on collective desire. There's a theory I've not heard before.

[diastereomer]

[ Unsure.... ]

I'll have you know sarcasm does not travel well over an electronic medium...

[dropkick]

You sound unimpressed.

Not something you ever wanted?

[diastereomer]

Do I? [ His tone conveys that he did not mean to imply flying was less important or interesting than any other dream request. ]

I suppose not.