Book1:TeDream-Maker
rfacewithherhandsbutwasstillpeekingthroughherfihechimpanzee,whichheldsomewaterinhismouth,sprayeditather,wettingherfadhair.Justthen,theschoolbusarrivedaeen-agersscrambledoncallingtooher,jostlingandughingastheycrowdedthroughthesmalldoor.Thatgirtthezoowasthesplittingimageofgolden-hairedMary,butthenofcourseitcouldn’tpossiblybe,becausethree,fourdecadeshadpassedsihen. Dimitrisatonthebenchtalkingtohimself. 2 "Amalia,Idon’treallyknowwhenmylifeonthisearthbegan,butit’sbeenalong,longtime.Myfleshcamefromyou,andwiththatbodycamefate,soul,thoughtandalltheotherattributes.Theseexistonlythroughandinapaofthefleshbody,withoutwhichfateaed.Withoutthefleshbody,alltheseattributeswouldbemeaninglessandinsignifit.Fate,forexample,hasalwaysbeenatroversiandunanswerablequestioralstatebetweeentandent.Lookingbathepast,youwillfindanobviousbuthelessexistingtrack,whichyouthinkwouldbeentbeforeyoufindit.Fateandfleshbodyareactuallytwo-in-oneandone-in-two.Ah,Amalia!myfleshisyourfleshandmyblood,yourblood.SinceIamyourfleshandblood,Imustacceptthepainthatfatehasimposedonmyfleshbody.ButyourlifeisoneofsinandIwishIcouldusemyfleshbodytoatoneforit.OnlyIdon’tknowwhetherthatispossibleornot”. “YouknowAmalia,Iwentbackseveraltimestothezootoobservethatchimpanzee.Sometimes,helookedsadandthoughtful,butatothertimesheseemedhappyandpyful.I’veetotheclusionthatheisphilosopher.Hemusthavefoughtlikeaeredbeastwhenhewasfirstcaptured.Butthen,hefoundmanwasstrohanhe,andthatescapetothewildwherehecamefromossible.Hegedhisatti