**10** [Audio]

[bffpoltergeist]

[Liz's voice is is fairly normal considering that she'd actually dreamed. Good and bad things combined, but mostly good.]

I'd pretty much thought I'd, like, left dreams behind me when I died, you know? So, um... thanks, I guess.

[There is an unmistakable smile in her voice.]

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[fallintheriver]

You don't dream?

[...Wait. She probably didn't sleep. Hmm.]

[bffpoltergeist]

[She smiles a bit wryly and shakes her head.]

Not in, like, a long time, no... You said that you, like dreamed, right? What'd you dream about, Ezra?

[Interest is GO!]

[fallintheriver]

Oh. Well at least you don't have to have nightmares.

[One upside to the situation.]

Just being back home and travelling with Aram again.

[bffpoltergeist]

[She is quiet for a moment, contemplating this, before nodding.]

Yeah, like... that's really a good point.

[She shifts a bit and sits so she can wrap her arms around her knees.]

What kinda stuff did you two do?

[fallintheriver]

[He hums.]

Not much, I guess. Hunt. Sleep. Eat. Swim. Run away from people.

I did the running, I mean. He mostly just killed people instead.

[bffpoltergeist]

[Liz frowns a bit at this.]

Did you have to, like, run often?

[fallintheriver]

Yeah. I complained about it a lot, but it's not like it wasn't my fault anyhow.

It reminded me of how weird and peaceful it is here.

[bffpoltergeist]

Well, it's not, like so bad, you know? I mean, we were always running back home, too... It was Chloe, Derek, Simon, Tori and me... well, until I died, you know? Kinda silly for a ghost to run away from anything...

[She's quiet for a beat.]

I kinda like not having to run around... it's a bit weird, but... nice, you know?

[fallintheriver]

[Oh Liz. Ezra doesn't know how to handle your ghostie problems. He just sort of fidgets, and doesn't address them in hopes he wont make anything worse.]

Yeah. It's nice. It's like being a kid again, but this time I can appreciate it because I know what I have.

[bffpoltergeist]

[It's okay, Ezra. Sometimes Liz has issues with her ghostie problems too and sorta reacts in a similar manner.]

See, that's not such a bad thing, is it?

[There's a smile in her voice again.]

Were there, like, a lot of kids when you grew up? Do you have any borhters or sisters?

[fallintheriver]

No siblings. Lots of kids, though. Maybe not as many as a human village would have, but we live longer, so...

[He shrugs.]

Didn't really like them much.

[Well that's the understatement of the year. Ezra always felt out of place and awkward around his peers, and never got close to any of them because of it. His childhood was kind of lonely.]

[bffpoltergeist]

[Liz smiles a bit as he speaks.]

Hey, we've, like, got that in common, then! I didn't have, like, any siblings, either, but totally lots of friends.

[Her expressions lightens at the last and she'd totally hug you right now if she was there, Ezra. AWKWARD HUGS HELP EVERYTHING!!!]

I liked the friends I made outside of school better than anyone I grew up with. Chloe and Derek are here too, actually...

[fallintheriver]

You have people from your world here?

[He feels like he's heard of this before, but he's still a bit surprised.]

I thought that was rare. You're lucky.

[bffpoltergeist]

[She nods slightly, a half smile playing across her lips/]

It seems to be, but, yeah... I mean, like, Tori isn't here, but I'm glad I have Chloe and Derek, you know? And, like, I'm glad for friends I've made here.

[Like you.]

[fallintheriver]

[Oh Liz.]

...Yeah. Me too.

[It's nice to have friends here.

It's nice to just have friends.]

[bffpoltergeist]

[Liz is totally not blushing. Nope. Not at all.

Okay, so maybe a little bit. *^-^* ]

Good! That's good... having friends is... [She flushes brightly, glad for the audio only post, and palms her face as she finishes weakly.] ... good.

[agentknockknock]

Insensitive question time, but do you sleep?

[bffpoltergeist]

[Liz smiles to herself.]

That's, like, not insensitive at all, really. Well, I'm sure some ghosts might think so, but I'm cool with it. No, I don't... not since I died, anyway. I'm kinda like, half alive here sometimes, but... I haven't ever dreamed or slept before this.

[agentknockknock]

Oh good, I was psyching myself up for yelling or maybe some tears.

At least something good came out of this. I glad you got to dream again.