Beneath a Moonless Sky

"I'm in love with you, Erik . . ."

"I know. Leave him, Christine! You marry on the morrow! It is not too late! Leave him now, forever . . ."

"You know I can't do that, Erik."

"Why not? If it is obvious where your affections lie, why then must you squander them? Look not with your eyes, Christine, but with your heart! I may be a deformed wretch, a hideous beast of a being--no match for the beauty of the Vicomte's face--but I swear to you, I will love you to a depth no simple minded fool such as your fiancé could ever fathom."

"I am not blinded by appearances. You speak of hearts, and yet yours is black, inexplicably cruel and void!"

"Void? What of?"

"Compassion, mercy, kindess, morality . . . You are a demon, Erik! A murderer!"

"All for you! You say my heart is void, and yes, it is so. Void of all, save for the passion which stirs within me at the very thought of you!  . . . The mere whisper of your name . . . Christine, you are my very existence. You are the sonorous voice I need to complete my music. Love me, Christine, as I love you!"

No, this has nothing to do with class or college. I have rekindled my obsession for the Phantom of Opera, and this was a burst of artistic inspiration, which doesn't happen very often any more. ;) I am in love with the music to Love Never Dies, the sequel composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. In the song Beneath a Moonless Sky, Christine and Phantom confess and remember the night before Christine's marriage to Raoul that she returns to the Phantom's lair, where they kiss, caress, and finally state their mutual love for one another. I wanted to illustrate that moment. The dialogue was written by me to accompany it just a few minutes ago. Inspiration? Yes. :)

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