Book1:TeDream-Maker
hlycivilizedsocietyofhumanbeings. SinceDimitriandhisfriendswereonlygoingtohisbanktogethismoney,whyshouldtherebehindranceseriousenoughforhimtosummonMedusa?penedwasthis:Afterpartingfromthegolden-hairedMegginn,theyleftthesuburbangasstationanddroveswiftlyoverthesmoothfreeway.Thundercrashedandlightningfshed,momentarilylightingupthedarknight.Richard,theoperatorofthemovingvehicle,seemedalittledauheelements.Hismeagerfadbody,whiallyemittedboundlessenergy,seemedabnormallynervousandtehewasstillinhighspirits.Hekeptgingnesandsteppingonthegas,drivingaggressivelytopassthefrontofhim,butheneversucceeded.Thecarsbehindhim,however,passedhimonebyone,causinghimtocryoutinexasperation, "WhenIamrich,Iwillbuythefastestsportscarthereis,andwatchmeshowthemathingortwo!" Dimitri,whowassittiohim,noticedhisoddbehaviorandthoughts.Thingswereoutoftheordinarythatday.Eveherwasabnormal.Ithadbeenwarmandsunnyiernoon,butwherewasthedazzlingsunnow?Goheotherendoftheearthaswasthenormalorbitoftheevolvis.Astrangeideacametohismind.Thatbigbrightballseemedlikeahugemicroscopeandthesevenbillionpeoplethatpoputedtheearthwerelikewrigglingmicranisms,gingmomentarily;forinhumanpopution,birthahhappenedeverysed.Thoughthemostadvancedsdteologyhadsucceedediinglifeiubes,theycouldnotasyetaccuratelycalcutethespanoflifeofthatwhichithadcreated.Onlyohingwascertaineveryliviurecouldliveonlyonce.Hemusedontheinequalityofthelivesofthedifferentpeoplewholiveduhishugemicroscope.Hethought, "I,Dimitri,amsuccessfundhappy,effortlessly