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The setting sun burned behind Dream's head, making it hard to see his expression. The shadows across his face moved with the wind. Sand flew across the open air between them, spattering both with tiny grains, but Dream didn't seem to care.
His dark eyes burned into George's, their green irises barely visible in the dying light, instead alight with something sinister.
"Don't come whining to me if you're rescued," he spat lowly, fixing George with one last look before turning with a whirl of his cloak and disappearing into the spaceship parked next to them. George stood shocked in place, struggling to form words.
The ship’s doors closed slowly behind Dream, and the last thing George saw was his former friend's eyes glinting in the dark as Dream stared him down for the last time.
George covered his ears and face with his arms as the spaceship took off with a roar of thrusters and a whirlwind of sand. The engine hummed quietly as it lifted into the sky and slowly disappeared into space.
George was stranded on a desert planet with no water, food, or shelter, and he knew he'd been left here to die.