Book2:KigdomIteDreams

ofgoldfromtheworldmarkettounknowinations.MarywatchedasDimitrimaogetoutofthemazeoffurniture,turnintothecorridoranddisappearfromsight.Retly,shehadwatchedthetaperecsofDimitri’sdailylifemadebyobservationcamerasandhadbeeremelydisforted.Thoughanunwillingpartit,shefeltguiltyaboutthebrazeninsolehisinvasionofhisprivacy,muchasanunfaithfulwifewouldfeeboutbetrayingherhusband.Butshehadtodowhatshehadtodo,forthiswasherjob.Inherheart,shekhatonedayshewouldfesstohimeverythingaboutherrelutinvolvement.Fromthevideotapes,Marysawthatinhistinyroom,allDimitrididalldayrepareasimplemeals,whichweredigestedandexcretedfromhisbody.Outsideofthathedidnothing,andtherewasnothingheodo.Muchofthetime,heyonhisbed,asifheneededalotofsleep.Inhiswakinghours,hesatbeforethewindow,dazed.Hismiobebnkwithnothoughtsatallbecausehisexpressionwasdulndwooden,likeacyorwoodsculpture,withnosignoflife.Occasionally,hewouldstandupandstalkaroundtheroomwiththepowerlessmiseryofacagedbeast.Dayafterday,herepeatedthesameroutine:sleep,sit,stalk,wastinghislife.Heseemedtobeamanwithoutasoul.Thoughhehadafleshbody,hissoulwasnotattachedtoit.Superficially,Dimitrimayseemtobeamanwithoutasoul,butthatwasbecauseithadturoabrilliantbird,fppingitsgeouslycolorfulwings,flyingintheblueskiesofhisKingdomofDreams.Butthen,thatwassomethingnoonecouldknowof.

    Dimitrihurriedbacktohislittlenicheofaroomafterfinishingsigninghislease,feelinghappy,rexedandunburdened.Actually,inhisstagnantlife,therewasreallynothingsentastorequirethishaste.Butinhisnomadlife,hewasusedtoi