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He's dreaming again.

He's dreaming again, with the kind of breathtaking sense of clarity that accompanies the dreams that mean something, that mean something important. The funny thing is -- he can't see. It's all rooms with white veils like cobwebs and shadowy figures that he can never quite see or reach, and when he wakes up he has to catch his breath, and remind himself that he's not alone, he's not isolated, that he can head down to the station any time he wants, that he can go to Milliways.

He's had the dream three times this week.

The dead are walking in Twin Peaks.

Cooper isn't sure what the hell is going on.

***

Harry sits him down and tells him that Audrey Horne has found her way into Milliways.

Cooper tells Harry that he'll talk to her.

***

He doesn't have to.

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She's standing on the front porch of the yellow house when he comes down with two cups of coffee.

"You didn't have to do that."

"Don't worry," Cooper says, settling on one end of the porch swing. "The coffeemaker is in fine form." Beat. "Audrey -- "

"Who's Dream?"

"Nobody you should be concerned about," Cooper says, face closed off. "You spoke to him?"

"He spoke to me first."

She's leaning against the porch railing, cradling the cup of coffee in her hands. "He says you're his."

"Audrey, there's a lot of history that you don't know -- "

"I got that," she says, and she can't tell herself if she's frustrated or angry. "I met Gabriel Tam. I know you know him."

River's father reminded him a lot of Ben Horne, when they met.

Cooper looks at her, carefully.

After a moment: "Audrey, what did he say to you?"

She turns and looks out at Northwestern Street, one hand resting on one of the porch supports. "He told me I should think of the window where it's all ending as a movie. I can't. That's not what it is." Beat. "It's pretty stupid." Audrey looks over her shoulder. "I can tell you this, right?"

He nods.

One shoulder moves up, and down. "I guess it was pretty stupid to expect that just because it wasn't here -- that it would be any different." For once Audrey doesn't try to hide anything when she looks at him. "My father is getting out soon. They're pretty sure."

She's not trying to hide anything, no. It's troubling.

"Mr. Tam reminds you of him."

"He's even got the two kids around our ages." Audrey shakes her head a little, and looks away.

There's a slow breeze, and it feels good. Her eyes close -- it makes it easier to feel it.

He could bring up the GED, college, the ways to get out of Twin Peaks.

Now's not the time.

He could also talk to her more about Milliways.

He's pretty sure now isn't the time for that, either.

Later they'll talk about Emerson, Fuller, and Thoreau. Right now, though, there's coffee on the porch -- and the fact that she's not trying to hide things about Milliways is heartening.

Cooper just has to make sure it stays that way.

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