Today he's doing costume shots of Nuala, the fairy, and Delirium, Dream's sister, the personification of insanity. When his star, Gavin, demanded they hire his girlfriend as the costumer designer or he wouldn't do his movie, Byron of course had his doubts initially. But believing that Gavin alone was the right man to be his Dream, he went along with the demand. As it has turned out, Shay has been doing a fabulous job, the costumes are perfect, everything he imagined for his movie.

With Shay's costumes & the make up done by Chloe, one of his usual make up artists, his cast is really looking convincing. Even without Serena's help.

But he doesn't want Serena here for the sake of his movie: he needs her for himself. "I'm glad you came, Serena," he greets her when he's done with the photo session.

Touching her again is like drug, the more she allows, the more he takes. "Really, really glad," he adds, whispering in her ear.

"I don't like these actresses you have here, there is something unearthly about them..." Serena warns him quietly. Byron explains to her that it's just the costumes & make up: of course the look 'unearthly', that's what he has Shay & Chloe for, to transform actresses into creatures for his movie. "It's not just the make up, Byron," Serena sighs, "I can't be fooled by a costume...where did you get them, anyway?" That's an odd question: Byron thinks for a moment, but he actually can't remember where these actresses came from, he can't even recall their names, he's been thinking of them as their characters..."You know, I don't remember...maybe they came from central casting....I don't think I auditioned them...," he admits. "You see, that's what I mean, Byron, there's something not right about all this...," Serena insists. "Serena, I forget a LOT of things. If everything that gets lost in the clutter of my head were to make you suspicious...." Byron laughs, not even finishing his sentence.

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