Book3:WereMyDreamIs

sure.AmIright?Isuggestyoureturnthesecasestowhereyoutookthemfrofcourseit’snotmine.Youshouldreturnthem.”

    “Sure”saidVio.Shewavedherhandandthecasesofpricelessgemsanddiamondsdisappearedfromsight.Vihtenedupandgedherposture.Shewasstillweariiarawithahugeredrubyierandsaidfrostily,“Ithinknoeakfranklyabouttheproblembetweenyouandmeandmymother.”CreativityandImaginationlookedguardedlyateachother,knowingthatthedialoguehadfinallyetoitstruesubject.DimitriwasgreatlyagitatedandsaidearlytoVio,

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    “Yourmajesty,iIhaveoftenwonderedwhetheryoureallyexisted.Normallyspeaking,anunformedfetushaslittleceofsurvivalifshelefthermother’swomb,butIprayeddesperatelyforamiracle,fordivineclemencythatwouldallowyoutolive.Onlythenyguiltysdtheself-nationdeepibeslightlyassuaged.Therewasatimewhehatyoureallyexistedsomewherearoundme,sometimesnear,sometimesfar.IfeltyourexisteheKingdomofDreams,withinthesphereofthosemiraountainsahenonedayIheardthatMr.Fingerhadmarriedalittlebeautyofthesamesizeasheis.ItwasthenthatIwassureMr.Finger’sbridewasyou.Youhadsurvived.ForthatIyaantforalongtime.Becauseofthemanythingsthatrequiredmyattentioninthemundaneworld,mystayintheKingdomwasusuallyshort.Iwouldstayonlyforafewdaysandthenwouldgobaundaneworld.Child,alltheseyearsIhavefeltremorsefuboutmytreatmentofyouandyourmother.IdeeplyregrettedtheextremetortureIinflictedowasanactthathaspguedmenightanddaygivingmenopeadplungedmeintothedeepestdespair.But,child,IhoughtthathatredwashereditarybutinyouIcouldseetracesofyourmother.Thefactthatsheh