ldtodayandyouknowHeisright.Globalwarming,therisingofsealevels,drasticclimategesetc.areallsignsthatDoomsdayisontheway.”

    “Yes,yht”noddedCreativity.“Butacctoyourtheory,weopehefloodgatesofhumancivilizatioingthisfirstapple.Nowthatwehaveeatenthesedone,doyouthinkcivilizationwillsurgeforwardevenmorerapidlythanbefore?”

    “No,no,no”repliedImagination“Idohatatall.IthinkManshouldstoptoreflect,thinkthingsover,dosomehoselfintrospeanddecidewhateptotake.Civilizationwillressing.Asyousaid,likeabrakelesscar,oheearteditwillop.Onlywhenthegasinitstankisallusedupwillitslowdown.Man’sbrainwilleither.ButIhopemanwillgethedireoftheirpursuitsfromunlimitedexpansiontomoreintroversiveones,suchasseargintothedepthoftheirownsouls.”

    “Seargintothedepthoftheirownsouls…?”questionedCreativity.“Idon’tuandwhatyoumean…”

    “What’ssohardtouandaboutthat?”smiledImagination.“It’sverysimple.IhofKingDimitri’sheart,thereisapiedcalledKingdomofDreams.Itisanareaofinfinitepossibilities.Don’tyouthinkitisworthwhileformantovisitthereahemselves...?ActuallyIcametotheseclusionsonlyafteralotofinternalstruggle.Willmanbringtheirmoderncuttieologythere?KingDimitri’sKingdomisthestexistingpieceinsoiluntouchedbycivilization.Ifmahereanddugandexcavatedindiscrimiheywouldhavedestroyede.Wherearewetofindaouchedpieceinsoiltostayin?Whatshallwedothen?”Suddenlyafewwhitecloudsgraduallymovedtowardseachothertoformthefigureofamanandrumblesofthunderwereheard.Creativitybecamefrightenedashelookedtowardstheskyandsaid,

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    “Ohmygosh,catastropheishere.JehovahisfuriousthatintrudersdaredtotrespassintotheGardenofEden.Whatshallwedo?”HepulledImaginationbythehandawoofthemranoutoftheGardenofEdenasfastastheycould,leavingtheremnantoftheunfinishedforbiddenfruitbehinduheappletree.

    Astringofsoapbubblesfloatedintotheair,butsoonburstanddisappeared.Aringofbubblesappeared.Sittingattheerofthestreet,Dimitriusedhistinystrawtokeptblowingsoapbubblestowhileawaythetime.Hehadnothingtodo,ortoputitmorepreciselytherewasnothiodowithinaparticurtimeframe,whichwasequivalenttohavingnothingtodo.Withtoomuchleisuretime,hefeltithardtodispelboredom.Hedidnotknowwhattodowiththelimitlesstimeonhishandswhichseemedtospreadoutwardsinfinitely.Unlikenormalpeoplewhoalwaysfeeltheydonothaveenoughtimetodowhattheyneedorwantto,Dimitrifoundhehadmoretimethanheknewwhattodowith.TimewaslikeafloodthatpletelyinundatedhimandspreadoutwardsindefioDimitritoomuchtime,solimitlessandunending,waslikezero.Iftimewasequaltozero,thenspacedoeseither.Iftimeandspacewerebothzero,thenzeropluszerowasstillzero.Inasedorless,timeandspaceseparateandeachgoitsowndifferentway.SuddenlyDimitrifeltapanginhisheartandhemurmured,

    “Timeandspaceoverpandareequaltozero.Whenwillsuchaphenomenahappen?”Hesmiledwrylyandtinued,“Iambackatmyoldtricksagain,goingoffintowildflightsoffancy.Whatisthis‘timeandspaceoverpandequaltozero’?Whathasittodowithme?”Dimitriraisedhishandandlightedsppedhischeeks.“It’sreallyjustsenselessideas…Well,oldhabitsdiehardandthisbadhabitofminemaywellremainwithmefortherest

ldtodayandyouknowHeisright.Globalwarming,therisingofsealevels,drasticclimategesetc.areallsignsthatDoomsdayisontheway.”

    “Yes,yht”noddedCreativity.“Butacctoyourtheory,weopehefloodgatesofhumancivilizatioingthisfirstapple.Nowthatwehaveeatenthesedone,doyouthinkcivilizationwillsurgeforwardevenmorerapidlythanbefore?”

    “No,no,no”repliedImagination“Idohatatall.IthinkManshouldstoptoreflect,thinkthingsover,dosomehoselfintrospeanddecidewhateptotake.Civilizationwillressing.Asyousaid,likeabrakelesscar,oheearteditwillop.Onlywhenthegasinitstankisallusedupwillitslowdown.Man’sbrainwilleither.ButIhopemanwillgethedireoftheirpursuitsfromunlimitedexpansiontomoreintroversiveones,suchasseargintothedepthoftheirownsouls.”

    “Seargintothedepthoftheirownsouls…?”questionedCreativity.“Idon’tuandwhatyoumean…”

    “What’ssohardtouandaboutthat?”smiledImagination.“It’sverysimple.IhofKingDimitri’sheart,thereisapiedcalledKingdomofDreams.Itisanareaofinfinitepossibilities.Don’tyouthinkitisworthwhileformantovisitthereahemselves...?ActuallyIcametotheseclusionsonlyafteralotofinternalstruggle.Willmanbringtheirmoderncuttieologythere?KingDimitri’sKingdomisthestexistingpieceinsoiluntouchedbycivilization.Ifmahereanddugandexcavatedindiscrimiheywouldhavedestroyede.Wherearewetofindaouchedpieceinsoiltostayin?Whatshallwedothen?”Suddenlyafewwhitecloudsgraduallymovedtowardseachothertoformthefigureofamanandrumblesofthunderwereheard.Creativitybecamefrightenedashelookedtowardstheskyandsaid,

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    “Ohmygosh,catastropheishere.JehovahisfuriousthatintrudersdaredtotrespassintotheGardenofEden.Whatshallwedo?”HepulledImaginationbythehandawoofthemranoutoftheGardenofEdenasfastastheycould,leavingtheremnantoftheunfinishedforbiddenfruitbehinduheappletree.

    Astringofsoapbubblesfloatedintotheair,butsoonburstanddisappeared.Aringofbubblesappeared.Sittingattheerofthestreet,Dimitriusedhistinystrawtokeptblowingsoapbubblestowhileawaythetime.Hehadnothingtodo,ortoputitmorepreciselytherewasnothiodowithinaparticurtimeframe,whichwasequivalenttohavingnothingtodo.Withtoomuchleisuretime,hefeltithardtodispelboredom.Hedidnotknowwhattodowiththelimitlesstimeonhishandswhichseemedtospreadoutwardsinfinitely.Unlikenormalpeoplewhoalwaysfeeltheydonothaveenoughtimetodowhattheyneedorwantto,Dimitrifoundhehadmoretimethanheknewwhattodowith.TimewaslikeafloodthatpletelyinundatedhimandspreadoutwardsindefioDimitritoomuchtime,solimitlessandunending,waslikezero.Iftimewasequaltozero,thenspacedoeseither.Iftimeandspacewerebothzero,thenzeropluszerowasstillzero.Inasedorless,timeandspaceseparateandeachgoitsowndifferentway.SuddenlyDimitrifeltapanginhisheartandhemurmured,

    “Timeandspaceoverpandareequaltozero.Whenwillsuchaphenomenahappen?”Hesmiledwrylyandtinued,“Iambackatmyoldtricksagain,goingoffintowildflightsoffancy.Whatisthis‘timeandspaceoverpandequaltozero’?Whathasittodowithme?”Dimitriraisedhishandandlightedsppedhischeeks.“It’sreallyjustsenselessideas…Well,oldhabitsdiehardandthisbadhabitofminemaywellremainwithmefortherest