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A few days late, but oh well.

Yrael approaches, feeling happy. Dream is looking a bit cruel, causing caution. Smart not!cat. Faust's demise is spoken of, and Dream casually picks up the Eighth Bright Shiner and plops him into Dream's lap for petting. Yrael expresses a little bit of discomfort at the fact that an execution was called for, remembering his own mistakes. Dream points out that the difference between mistakes and crimes is "Mistakes made, and paid for, are not crimes. Boundaries stripped, passed, torn down, and then repeated are." Yrael agrees, and then goes to his box for sleep.

Roy (aka Destruction) heads over and asks his older brother what he did. Morpheus doesn't dodge the question, but doesn't give details. He admits to having enjoyed it. Destruction takes a "look" at the damage caused, and says that he would have helped. Dream changes the subject, and there is small talk for a while. The subject of growing up arises. Dream points out that they are perfectly normal. Destruction claims to have "middle child syndrome". Dream accuses (but only here, where Destiny can't find out easily) Destiny of being a know it all. There is a discussion on angst vs. being antisocial. Destruction goes too far. Dream avoids making pointed comments, Roy is abashed, Dream attempts to return to joking, and things get introspective.

Bigby joins the squabbling siblings and is greeted by both. Dream introduces Bigby to Destruction (who already knows Bigby, nat). Bigby is wary of Roy, but finds him more friendly than Dream. Dream!mun comments that there are rocks more friendly than Dream, leading to minor arguments over AIM. Destruction explains that Del named him "Joe" once, and Bigby begins to feel that its all gotten a little surreal. Bigby and Destruction talk small talk. What's out there, where do you come from, where do you like. Roy mentions Greece. Dream missed that, which is a Very Good Thing. Bigby asks why Roy gets to vacation so much. Roy says that its because he quit a while back. Dream makes a bitter comment. Bigby asks why he'd quit, Destruction talks about free will. Bigby asks if his family agreed with him. Roy gets bitter. Guilt isn't exactly claimed, but danced around, re: Despair's death. Bigby is out of his depth, and howls.

Meanwhile, Dream and Bigby talk about names. Dream has a lot of them. Bigby is curious as to which is his favorite. Dream likes them all. Bigby wonders if Del names everyone. Dream!mun can't remember if she ever named Dream. Bigby wants to know how Dream got all the names. Dream!mun does her best.