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Dahlaine loves bears, Veltan’s fond of sheep, and you’re attached to the
seals who nest along your coasts.’
Aracia shrugged. ‘They gave us something to play with while we were
waiting for the man-creatures to grow up,’ she said. She peered back into
the dim cave. ‘It seems that Dahlaine hasn’t found Veltan yet,’ she noted.
‘I don’t see them anywhere. How far back does this cave go?’
‘Miles and miles, I think,’ Zelana replied. ‘Let’s wait. I’m sure they’ll
be along soon. Has your Dreamer told you any interesting stories yet?’
 ‘No,’ Aracia replied. ‘I don’t think she’s quite ready. From what
you’ve told me, I’d say that your Dreamer might be the first. The story of
the world sort of sets things up for the other Dreamers. Did she really see
it right from the beginning in her dream?’
‘It came very close to what really happened,’ Zelana replied. ‘What’s
your child’s name?’
‘Lillabeth,’ Aracia replied fondly, ‘and she’s the most beautiful
creature in all the world.’
‘They seem to do that to us, don’t they?’ Zelana said.
‘Do what?’
‘Distort our perceptions, dear sister,’ Zelana replied. ‘I’d imagine that
Dahlaine and Veltan feel the same way about their Dreamers. I know that
I have exactly the same feelings about Eleria. It’s probably very simple.
We love them because they are ours’
‘Could you be a bit more specific about this dream your Eleria had?’
Aracia asked.
‘Let’s wait for Dahlaine and Veltan. There were some complex things
happening when Eleria began to dream, and I think Dahlaine’s the best
qualified to interpret them.’
‘That’s assuming that he ever gets here,’ Aracia added.


It was probably late afternoon outside when a pair of shattering
thunderclaps shook the air for miles around. ‘That is so childish,’ Aracia
noted. ‘Do they really have to do that?’
‘They’re still little boys, dear,’ Zelana replied, ‘and showing off is part
of their nature. Riding a lightning-bolt is a sure way to get everybody’s
immediate attention.’
‘But they look so silly after they do that - glowing and with their hair
standing on end the way it does.’
‘I think lightning does that,’ Zelana said. ‘It is a very fast way to travel,
but I think I’ll stick to riding the wind. It’s almost as fast, and it doesn’t
make nearly so much noise.’
A few moments later their brothers emerged from the twisting
passageway that led down from the surface.
‘What kept you?’ Zelana asked mildly.
‘I had a little trouble locating our baby brother,’ Dahlaine replied
sourly.
‘He can be such a grouch sometimes,’ the tall, fair-haired Veltan noted.
‘I wouldn’t be nearly so bad-tempered if you’d stop trying to hide from
me,’ Dahlaine said. ‘Did you tell our sister about Eleria’s dream, Zelana?’
‘Not in any great detail, no,’ Zelana replied. ‘A number of her servants