Book2:KigdomIteDreams

lkedandughedamongstthemselves,leavingtheirKingaloneinhisabstractedmusings.

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    AstrranalltreewaftedtowardsKingDimitri.Helookedbutcouldseenoflowers.Oncloseriion,hefoundmyriadsoftinyyellowblossomsclusteredonthebranchesuheleaves.

    “Thismustbetheosmanthustree”hethought,“thepersonificationofCharmaihenymphwithnoimageandnosubstawhoyetreallyexists.Thoughfragrancehashershapenorsubstandotbeseenortouched,it,too,reallyexistsintheair.NowCharmainehasreturoherhomeintheseventhheavehherfatherZeus.Isherlifehappy?Ioftenthinkofherawinsister.”

    ThinkingofClementine,KingDimitrienvisionedaregalgreenandebirdwithbluishpurplecrest,abouttofpherwingsandtakeoffintotheskies.Itwasabirdofparadise,abirdhatchedbyaflower.“Thetwinswerenymphsfromtheseventhheavenanditwashtforthemtoreturntotheirheavenlyabode.WhythendidIseetearsshimmeringattheerofhereyes?Perhapsshewasloathetoleaveme?Ah,Clementine,Clementine,fetallthis.Fetme.FettheKingdomofDreams.Wipingallthisfromyourmemorywillmakeyourfuturelifehappierandmoreenjoyable.

    SuddenlytheslimfigureofayounggirlswamintothekenofKingDimitri’ssigh,whoselonghairhungdowntoherahen,justassuddenlysheturoapurpleazalea.

    “ThatmustbetheembodimentofStephahought.“AfterbringiheKingdomofDreams,Ipersonallytaughtherthemethodofpractiginternartofloy.Shefinallydecapitatedthescarletdragonandsolvedthestpuzzleoflife,proviheoryofthetruthoftheuniverseandlife.Nowshemovefreelybetweendifferentspaddimensions.Butwhydidsheleavemethepuzzlingprophesybeforesheleft?Herwordsmademeuneas