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Patton squinted trying to see ahead of him. Having blue eyes helped see in the dark, but this was more like looking into a black hole. It was cold and dark, and Patton had no idea where he was. It had seemed like such a good idea at first and now he was lost. In hindsight
he probably should've brought something like a flashlight.

Patton would've just teleported if he could, but unfortunately, he needs Thomas to teleport to the dark side. Patton didn't want to disrupt whatever Thomas was up to. Patton was about to give up and teleport back to the light side when he heard a voice, "Why are you wandering dark mind palace, Patton?"

Patton recognized the smooth voice coming from behind. Patton turned towards Janus's voice, "I was looking for you, Janus! And why are you here?"

"I live here and I was totally not looking for Remus," Janus' snake eye glowed in the darkness.

"Oh, I know where Remus is."

"You do?"

"Yeah he and Logan are *ahem*," Patton made a gesture with his hands to indicate what he meant. Janus' eyes widen on understanding.

"Well, this is something I definitely expected" Patton just nodded his head in agreement, Remus and Logan's relationship had come by a surprise for all of them.

"Well since you came to talk to me, we should get back to my room," Janus reached out and grabbed Patton's hand and sunk them both out, and suddenly they were in his room.

Patton felt Janus' gloved hand leave his. Patton looked around at the room. The walls were a pastel yellow if you could see past all the artwork. Each one was signed by either Remus or Virgil, and most of them depicted a scene of the dark sides having fun.

The bed was shoved in the right corner and was covered in tons of blankets and pillows, it was more like a mound. Several heat lamps were also pointed at the bed. That was when Patton realized how cold the room actually was.

Patton shivered and looked over at Janus, he wasn't wearing his usual cloak. Instead, he wore gray sweatpants, a yellow shirt, and a black sweatshirt. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was Virgil's old hoodie. "Hey Janus," Patton asked, "why are you wearing Virgil's old hoodie?"

Janus was surprised by the question and just said, "Personal reasons." Patton nodded not wanting to make Janus any more uncomfortable. So he just asked a different question.

"Why is it so cold here?"

"It's just how it is, not the best place for a cold-blooded creature such as myself to live, but I get by," with that Janus pointed to his bed behind his back, "Why do you ask? Are you cold?"

Patton nodded his head, just before another shiver went down his spine. "Why don't you put on your cardigan, we wouldn't want you to freeze," Janus said moving to the door.

Patton followed while putting on his cardigan. He pulled the cat hood over him and fiddled with the strings as he walked into a room that was a lot darker than Janus'. There was one light bulb that would flicker occasionally.

Janus picked up a lighter and lit several candles before sitting on the couch. Patton followed and sat close to Janus, unconsciously leaning closer from the cold breeze that seemed to come from nowhere.

Janus was all too aware of the warmth Patton was giving off, "So Patton what did you want to talk about?"

"Oh right," Patton said sadly, "Well when we found out about Remus and Logan, I tried to be understanding and not react negatively like I normally would."

"Isn't that a good thing?"

"Yes, but Roman was really mean about it and I think he hurt Logan's feelings. He even yelled at Remus! And I feel like it's my fault, I'm the reason he has this black and white interpretation of good and evil!"

Janus sighed, "Roman's recent mood has been quite annoying. It's very counterproductive, but if you keep pressing less black and white morals he will eventually understand."

"But I don't think I can do this! All this change is scary and making me nervous."

Janus leaned closer to Patton and put his arm around the moral side. "I know change is scary, but this change is for the better, and you can take it as slow as you'd like."

Patton leaned into Janus, "Thank you, Jay, I needed to hear that." Patton pulled away from Janus and backed up and waved goodbye.

"Thank you for this Jay, see you when I need help," and with that Patton teleported back to the light sides. Leaving Janus happier than he'd been in a while. But that happiness didn't last long when he remembered Damion was still on the loose. He needed to find him before he got to Roman. But he was already too late.
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