summary: Five times Dream says "I love you", and the one time George says it back.
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"They're free now. They've completed the quest Dream had set out to do, and they're free. Free and alive."
Lots of different imageries for life but the writer makes it apparent that love will be compared to be a reason to live, something naturally part of life. Motif.
"Gold-spun locks/fading sunlight/makes him glow"
Already this imagery of a brightness like the sun, something George revolves around (necessary for living.) You could also say it's connected to the liberation and victory of beating the end or a hope for after the quest.
"These things hold sentimental value"
Characterisation between George and Dream, they know each other well enough for George to know what means a lot to dream even if he thinks it's trivial. Also progression from materialistic value to something more conceptual (deep) like love
"Dream is pretty, laughing in the sunlight/because all of a sudden he can't breathe."
Very simple, you kinda need to breathe to live. repetition of dream is a part of Georgehat keeps him alive but at the same time, suffocates him because love runs deep. (can't touch the sun)
It could mean losing 'life' because george himself starts to find it hard to function (breathe) while dream is drowning or unconscious. Further enforces that thematic motif of love being a fuel to live. Loss of a sun imagery is emphasised with how a sun is never underwater
"George hates truth or dare."
Truth or dare is a game and symbolism can be how both dream and George have been avoiding to play along with the rules. they r constantly trying to bend the rules and avoid confrontation and when they finally play the game right, the truth comes out
