A/N: I have no idea what Mod M has planned for Ian, but even if everything turns out well and Bill is defeated the events of Reincarnation Blues will seriously color Dipper’s relationship with Toby…
The
worst part was how innocent Toby looked, especially while he slept. Small, and
fragile, and peaceful, as though the universe hadn’t dealt him a bum hand early
on in life, as though it hadn’t then proceeded to burn cards right out of his
fingers in the years after. As though his soul had never been that of the
craftiest demon Dipper had ever known…Innocent,
weak, fragile – someone to be protected and sheltered and loved. But he couldn’t
afford to think of the boy that way. Not after what Bill did to him – not after
what Bill managed with Ian.No
soul should be able to reach across lifetimes and pull the strings of their
future selves. No soul should escape being washed clean in rebirth on purpose – yet somehow Bill had, or so
he claimed, and now Dipper wrestled almost daily with the deep fear that he
was, once again, playing directly into the other demon’s plans.
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