Book1:TeDream-Maker
ly,likeanenormousmonsteropeningitsrgeandfierce-lookingmouth-aproduodernsce.Theeborateelectricsystemwaslikenervesspreadingovereverypartofitsbody-theairditioning,itsbreathingsystem;ipes,itscolossalbloodvessels;steelstructure,itsskeleton;a,itsstrongunyieldingmuscles.Intheyearsofdeeprecession,itwasleanandfamishedasawildanimal,leftdestituteihofwinter,aremitieswouldnotbeadversetoswallowingitsmaster.Usinghismastercard,Dimitriledhislittlegroupintothebuilding,magicallyopeningallthedoors.Hewasnotfamiliarwiththebuilding,buttheystumbledonuntiltheycametothebighall,hisfamiliarndmark.Notknowinganyshortcuts,hetooktheonlyrouteheknew,uptoMr.Kaffee’sofficeatthetopofthebuildingandthendownagaintothevaultviatheprivateelevator.Theyseemedtobegoingfromthestomachofthegiantmonsteralonghisspiohishead,theheadquartersofthetralnervoussystemandthendownagaintohisabdomen,whereallthericheswerestored.Whattheydidnotknowwas,assoonastheysteppedintothebuilding,theycameuhesurveilnceofvideocameras. IroomsurrouVss,Mr.Kaffeewascloselymonittheireverymove.Behindhimwerehistrustedlieutenants,AllenandSteven.Uglyandft-facedStevenstoodthere,stodmuscur,lightshiningonhisalmostbaldhead,coveredwithonlyafewstrandsofhair.Allen’ssharpeyesweregluedtothesasfiguresflickeredby,silentastheshadowsandreflesdriftier.Theclose-uptenanitri,Richardaappearedonthesonebyone.Mr.Kaffeelookedilyatallthesedriftingfaces,whichweresilentasthephantomsfloatingaboutinthecemeteries.Hehadtodestroythemall.Itwashisstceatsurvival,ortheoofallmaybehimself.H