Krzyżowiec śnił o deszczu. Od wielu dni otaczała go pustynia. Jego oddział rozbili w zasadzce zamaskowani ludzie; towarzysze zginęli, a on sam ledwo uszedł z życiem. Napadli na nich w nocy, podczas snu; dziwił się, że nikt za nim nie podążał, dopóki nie wstało słońce i nie zobaczył wokół siebie bezkresnego morza piasku i kamieni. Pierwszego dnia brnął w piasku, dopóki nie upadł pod skałami, które rzucały cień na rozpaloną ziemię. Obudził go przejmujący nocny chłód; owinął się płaszczem i drżąc patrzył na niebo pełne nieznanych mu konstelacji. Drugiego dnia zabił węża, który mieszkał wśród skał i wypił jego krew. Potem zapadł w niespokojny sen i przyśniło mu się, że podążał przez noc za postacią okrytą płaszczem, z rogami na głowie. Wyciągnął rękę, by jej dosięgnąć, ale upadł i piasek zasypał mu usta otwarte do krzyku. Trzeciego dnia zrozumiał, że pustynia jest jego wrogiem i aby przeżyć, musi stoczyć z nią wojnę, ró...
The Monster awoke in his lair. He smelled something, or rather he sensed something which could be both smell and a flash of light, penetrating through his closed eyelids. The Witch was lonely, and miserable, and cried into the mesh of Realities for help. She had a pure heart, a brave soul and a clear mind. People like her shone brightly in between the worlds; they were like beacons attracting all kinds of spirits. ‘I want to devour this pure heart, and feast on that brave soul, and pollute this clear mind’, thought the Monster. So he disguised himself as a good and sympathetic man, and approached her. It was easy for him to pretend he was everything she cried into the mesh of Realities for. Before long she trusted him. He made his feast long and enjoyable. She gave him her heart freely, along with her body, and he smiled and licked his fingers when he finished. Then he asked for more, and took to infusing her mind with his poison. But it was the soul he was the most interes...
- It's like a grown-up version of dressing up your Barbie doll, only you don't feel that... I don't know... Infantile? - But you actually are infantile when you play with a Barbie doll. You are a child. - Yeah, but then you grow up and it's suddenly not OK to dress things up anymore. - Unless you are Japanese. - I'm not. Obviously. Would you like me if I were Japanese? You like Japan. - I don't know. Is that a rhetorical or a philosophical question? - Rhetorical, I guess. - Oh, OK. I don't have to answer it, do I? What are these? - Amber beads. From a necklace I got from a man who wanted to become my lover. - And did he? - No. It takes much more than that. Well, certainly more than amber beads. - Will you tell me what? - No. But I will let you figure out for yourself.
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