"Suppose... oh. Master Aria.. did you not want to see him?"

That was... something she had feared, so she hadn't even told him Damon would be here.

*

Damon meanwhile was at one of the houses he often took out for visits. Some things had changed and some had not in the City. He had no intention of staying long and assumed... now he was here, Aria merely wanted to lay ghosts to rest.

Dreams.. could just be memories he chased. His feelings now could well be of hatred. And he was prepared for that. Even expecting it.