Book3:WereMyDreamIs (第74/327页)

obeevensharperthananormalhumanbeing.

    “Thisisstrange…Iwonderwhatthisisalbout…Theotherdaywhehimoreet,Iamcertainhewaspletelyblind.Couldhebepretending?Orperhapssometimeshesee,butatothertimesheot…?Butnomatterwhat,wemustmakefulluseofthiscewehavewhenheispletelyaloakehimdown.Thatshouldbeeasilyaplished.”

    “Siisso”noddedVio“let’scarryoutinalpn.”

    “Theydooknowofourexistence”saidCreativitytoImagination,bothofwhomwerefollowingcloselybehindDimitri.“Whatdoyouthinktheywilldo?”

    “Whenhumanswanttoluresomeoodosomethihergoodorbad,theydoowothings”repliedImaginationsmilingly.“Firsttheytempthimwithmaterialgain.TheyhavealreadytriedthatbutfailedtoseduceDimitriwithpricelessgems.TheirepwouldbesexIthink.Waitahere’smoredramaahead.”BeautifulImaginationmiscalcutedthistime.TheydidnotiousesextoovereDimitri.Theyinteousedirectforcetokidnaphim.

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    Mr.Fioodupstraightandsaidinaloudvoice,“QueenVioiseverbenevolentandfivesallDimitri’stransgressions.Whatisdoneisdoneandotbeundone.Shewillnotprobeintoitanymore.TopreservepeadtranquilityintheKingdomofDreams,QueenVioiswillingtoceasetheenmitybetweenthemandmakepeacewithDimitri.Inspiteofthegreatdisparityoftheirrespectivepositionssheiswilliendherhandinfriendship.Hermajestyhadchosentwelveofthemostbeautifulyounggirlsofourrealmandtraihemherselftoperformadancewhichsheisnowsharingwithourillustriousguest.”Hecppedhishandsthreetimesandmusicagainresouhegreathallofthegoldpace.Thesoundofinvisiblemusispyingallkindsofdrumsfilledtheair.Atfirsttheitsbeatwasslow,likeraindropsfallingonleaves,butgraduallygatheredmementoandbecameterseandfastandloud,likehordesofwildhallopingonthegrassnds,theirpoundinghoofstramplingthegrouingaloudcresdo.Justthentwelvenakedyoungwomeheirentrydangswiftlyintothehallfromdiffererawirlinganddanglight-footedandagileastheantelopesthatroamthegrassndonthehorizon.Theyflewalroundthehall,dipping,turningandjumping,theirsupplemusclesaifulfiguresperfebinationsoffemininegradbeauty.JustasDimitriwasshakenbythemusidtheunbelievablesebeforehim,thetwelvenakedbeautiessuddenlyclosedinaroundhim,fthebattlearrayofhunterssurroundingandgoingaftertheirprey.ItwastooteforDimitritomakeabreakandtrytoescape.

    Dimitri’sloyalservants,CreativityandImagination,sawthegravityofthesituation,soholdingeachother’shandandgtheirfiightlytogether,theypoiheirfreehandtowardsthesky.Theseaofflowersbehindthem,boundlessandlimitless,begantoswayandrolllikewavesinthesea.ViogavetheorderforthedaoadtheyimmediatelysprangtowardsDimitrilikebeastsofprey.Somegrabbedhimaroundtheneetackledhisarmsandlegswhiletheothersworkedtogethertotrytocarryhimawayastheirhostage.CreativityandImagination’sfingerspointedaheadandinaheirandtheseaofflowersbehindthemrushedaheadlikefloodwaterburstihedam.

    Waveafterwaveofflowers,majestidunstoppable,swelledandrapidlygainedspeedastheysurgedforwardtowardsthegoldpadswalloweditupwhole.Theseaofflowersrolledonandon,waveafterwave,obliteratingwhateverwasintheirpath.Ihesurroundingpaces,skyscrapersandtallbuildingswerealleradicatedbythegepersistenta