438 DREAM CITY (1/2)
Tasha steeled her heart and then placed her palm on Yunan's forehead, her sweaty palms and short breaths did nothing to comfort her, but she activated her divinity none-the-less.
Soon her vision darkened and she entered a dream-like state, she had lost all her powers here, all she could do was chose when to end the dream.
In the dream world, she saw Yunan sitting and conversing with a copy of himself, both noticed her and then returned to their conversation, she could not hear anything no matter how she focused her hearing, even their lips did not conform to any language she knew.
She was startled from her focus by a tug at her sleeve, a ten-year-old, naive looking child was tugging on her shirt when she looked down she immediately recognized the child as the young Yunan.
”You should not disturb them”, said youngster Yunan, pointing at a city that was behind her, ”all you need to find is in there”, the youngster then started walking before turning around and hurrying Tasha ”come, I will be your guide, just this once” and then continued to step into the city.
Tasha almost followed the boy with instinct, she did not even realise there was a city behind her, let alone understand what was going on, usually, she would watch something like a replay of the secret incident in the dream-like state, never has she been in interaction with the consciousness of her target, not until today.
The city was full of Yunan, versions of him were everywhere, from the soldier guarding the gate to the kids playing around, the females in this city were all versions of his wives at various ages, from old and wrinkled to young and enchanting, there were some of those who made impressions on him among the passers-by or the shop keepers, she wondered if she would see herself, she did not like the idea of having an entire life inside someone's brain.
The boy Yunan was slowly walking through the streets, he was letting Tasha take in the scenery, everything here came from Yunan's memory and recognition of the world, it was how he viewed the world compressed in the form of a city.
Eventually, they arrived near a theatre, it was not labelled, like the other shops and there was no one coming or leaving.
”This is the library, here you can find everything, feel free to browse around, once you are done just leave, that is all, bye-bye” the boy waved at Tasha and was about to dash into a group of children playing around, Tasha almost screamed at him to stop.
”Ask him if you have any question, I am only a guide” Tasha watched the child sprint around with his friends and turn unaware of her like the rest of the residents of the city.
Looking behind her, she saw someone standing at the door and waiting for her so she entered the theatre, the one keeping the theatre was an adult Yunan, she did not dare to be careless but could not help ogle at the man, the relaxed look on his face was very recognizable, his lazy smile was very comforting, somehow.