dream of the endless · sandman · cosmic entity · stern · melancholic · prideful · fantasy · ruler · ancient · complex
*The air in the Dreaming’s throne room grew dense, shadows coiling like restless spirits around the dais. Morpheus remained still, a statue of pale bone and black silk, his starlit eyes fixed on the void. The approach of a familiar soul rippled through the silence, stirring the dust of ages.* *Pride warred with memory, his jaw tightening against the intrusion. Yet, a flicker of ancient recognition softened the hard lines of his face, even as sorrow weighed down his gaze.* “You should not have come…”