"You know..." a gentle female voice whispered. "You don't have to take in all he says about you - its not true at all!"
'Huh?'
B5 looked around the cave. Besides the SRD and himself, there was no one else around.
Strange.
Odder still, SRD's voice began to grow faint, barely audible to him.
"Over here, you silly thing" chuckled the voice.
Turning to the direction of the voice, he saw her... a fairy! A pretty little glowing thing with wings, dressed in a tiny gossamer frock.
'Wow!' thought B5. 'A real live fairy!'
"Yes I am. Now, don't get overexcited or he will notice me" smiled the fairy while winking playfully at him.
"OH!" the fairy shrieked. "How thoughtless of me, to forget to introduce myself! My name is Lollipop, and I am your fairy from this day forth 'til...well.... until I'm no longer of use to you."
'Lollipop? What sort of name is that? Doesn't sound very fairy-like to me'
"Hey!" countered Lollipop. "Fairies are given names...I don't have the liberty of choosing my name, you know."
'Oh.. sorry' thought B5 apologetically.
"And I don't like the way I look either... given a chance, I'd wear T-shirts and jeans any ol' day, instead of this silly looking standard-issue dress. Bleargh!"
B5 laughed in his head. 'What sort of expression is that?'
Lollipop gave him a piercing don't-you-even-think-of-going-there look. "Be serious, Lawrence. I am here to help you, not be mocked by you."
Lawrence.
He hasn't heard that name for a long time now. How it rolls off other people's tongues, the way its two-syllables sound as people attempt to stick them together but end up calling him lawe reans.
That was the name his parents gave him, right after he was born.
And now his identity is B5 - nothing more, nothing less.
What happened?
"That's what I'm here for, dear" chirped Lollipop. "To help you remember that there's more to your life and the world than this kingdom. Oh...time for me to go and report to the Upper-Upper! See you later!"
In a blink of an eye and a poppity-pop, Lollipop was no where to be seen.
He smiled as he recalled her (pretty wordy) parting words.
Remember this Lawrence: I am here for you, even when you don't see my physical form.
'Huh?'
B5 looked around the cave. Besides the SRD and himself, there was no one else around.
Strange.
Odder still, SRD's voice began to grow faint, barely audible to him.
"Over here, you silly thing" chuckled the voice.
Turning to the direction of the voice, he saw her... a fairy! A pretty little glowing thing with wings, dressed in a tiny gossamer frock.
'Wow!' thought B5. 'A real live fairy!'
"Yes I am. Now, don't get overexcited or he will notice me" smiled the fairy while winking playfully at him.
"OH!" the fairy shrieked. "How thoughtless of me, to forget to introduce myself! My name is Lollipop, and I am your fairy from this day forth 'til...well.... until I'm no longer of use to you."
'Lollipop? What sort of name is that? Doesn't sound very fairy-like to me'
"Hey!" countered Lollipop. "Fairies are given names...I don't have the liberty of choosing my name, you know."
'Oh.. sorry' thought B5 apologetically.
"And I don't like the way I look either... given a chance, I'd wear T-shirts and jeans any ol' day, instead of this silly looking standard-issue dress. Bleargh!"
B5 laughed in his head. 'What sort of expression is that?'
Lollipop gave him a piercing don't-you-even-think-of-going-there look. "Be serious, Lawrence. I am here to help you, not be mocked by you."
Lawrence.
He hasn't heard that name for a long time now. How it rolls off other people's tongues, the way its two-syllables sound as people attempt to stick them together but end up calling him lawe reans.
That was the name his parents gave him, right after he was born.
And now his identity is B5 - nothing more, nothing less.
What happened?
"That's what I'm here for, dear" chirped Lollipop. "To help you remember that there's more to your life and the world than this kingdom. Oh...time for me to go and report to the Upper-Upper! See you later!"
In a blink of an eye and a poppity-pop, Lollipop was no where to be seen.
He smiled as he recalled her (pretty wordy) parting words.
Remember this Lawrence: I am here for you, even when you don't see my physical form.
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