Book3:WereMyDreamIs (第75/327页)

ndever-movingseaofflowers,leavingbehindnothingbutemptiness.Wavesoftheseaofflowersroseandfellgentlylikeamotherbathingherpreciousinfant,sprayingwateronthebaby’sbody.Wavesoftheseaofflowersmovedon,ushingwaveonandoly,likeamother’shandsprayingwateronherbaby’sbody,carefullywashinghim.Wavesoftheseaofflowersmovedolyandnurturingbutwhereveritpassedeverythingwasdestroyed.Eventhewavesthemselvesdisappearedattheendofthehorizon.Thegoldpacewasgone.SowereVioandherobsequiousattendant,Mr.Finger,whowerepushedbytheseaofflowerstoweknownotwhere.CreativityandImaginationhadalsodisappearedandDimitrihadnonotionofwheretheywentbecausehehadstoppedusinghisbrains.Sincehehadstoppedusinghisbrains,therewasnowayforhimtoknowwhathisloyalservantswereabout.

    Dimitrisquatteduhestreetlightsasthoughhehadnevermovedhisposition,butunfortunatelyhewasagainblindbecausehisloyalservantsCreativityandImaginationhadtemporarilylefthim.Normallythosetwowerealwayswithhim.Whyhadtheyleft?BecauseDimitrihadstoppedusinghisbrains.Whearts,histwoloyalservantswouldnaturallybebacktobeatthebedcalloftheirmaster.

    Dimitrifelthewasinawilderness,surroundingbysilendlessexpanseofgrassnd,boundlesswildernessalleerilysileewardsindefinitely,withonlyhimasthelonesolitarymaehisearth.Itwasasifmankindhadfullyevolvedandthereforehadpoputedtheearth,soDimitrifeltlonesomeandisotedastherewasnootherhumanbeingonthiswideexpanseofwilderness.Buthowwastheearthformed?Whatwasitlikebeforetheearthcameience?Beforethis,everythingwasahugeballofrfire,unimaginablyfrighteningandterrifying.Whenthefiredieddown,allthatremainedwerewhiteashesblowingabouttheearth.Thatwasbeforeheaveharated.Itwasonlywhentheashesgraduallycooleddownandsolidifiedthatndwasformed.Laterthendcametolifeandgreenpntsandtreescoveredtheearth.Dimitrifeltasifhewastheonlyhumanoh.Therewasnobirdinthesky,nootheranimalwalkingonthesurfaceoftheearthandnofishandotheraquaticlifeinthesea.Hewastheonesolitarylivingthiewasn’tthispceametropolisnotlongago?Why,hundredsandthousandsofpeopleusedtoliveandworkhereandcarsandtruckspackedthestreets!Peopleusedcretetosealuptheearthandusedcreteaobuildaman-madeforestthatrepresentedhumanintelligendskill.Thatwasnotsolongago.Sincewhendidallthisrevertbacktowilderness,silentandlonely?Wasn’tthispceinallyaseofdesotionwithhotashesfloatingeverywhere?Dimitriwasbaffledandperplexed.Ashes,wildernessaropolis,areallstopsinhumandevelopment.Eaeseemedtobeastartingpoint,butalsoaterminal.Therewasreallynosignifitdiffereneaniweenthembecausetheyfolloweachotherinacycle.Timemoveson,butitsspeedwastooslowortoofastforustofeelthemovement.Thingsge.Perhapsthespeedofgewastoofastorslowforustofeelthege.Sometimeshugegesocafshfastaslightning,butatothertimesslightgeshappenonlyafterhundredsofyearsofpatientexpectations.DimitrithoughtofhisretversationwithVio,ofhowhetoldhertherewasreallynomarkedboundarybetweentrueexistendphantomimpressions,thatthediffereweeentandencewasvagueandindistinorespecific,thesetwostatesofexistenceareintergeable.

    Iance,afgwasflutteringinthewind,awindowleftopenbyaca