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‘I’ll be there, dear sister,’ he promised

Balacenia reached out to Dakas, and she was a bit surprised to discover that he’d already summoned reality on his own Of course, Dakas was closer to Dahlaine than any of the rest of them were, so he’d already realized how deceptive the eldest of their alternates could be ‘Just exactly where’s this place where we’ll meet?’ he asked

‘It isn’t a real place, Dakas It’s a product of the iination Vash and I built it so that we could visit each other It’s quite a bit prettier than the real world Reach out to Vash, and he’ll guide you there’

‘I’ll be there, big sister’

Enalla was a bitto the childhood memories of Lillabeth with a kind of desperation Of course, Aracia had spoiled Lillabeth outrageously, and Enalla obviously hated the idea of growing up and accepting her real identity It took a little while, but Balacenia’s upcoe she needed Enalla was a bit sulky when they joined their brothers, however

The place where Balacenia and Vash had frequentlytheir previous cycle existed only in their joined iinations, and it was far more beautiful than any place in h the starry sky above a dark forest and the Dreaht

‘How did you two do this?’ Dakas asked in a voice filled onder

‘Coination, dear brother,’ Balacenia explained ‘It took us quite a while to get it right, but I guess it turned out to be worth the trouble’ She looked around and then sighed ‘I think we’d better get on with this,’ she said with regret ‘I’ree that Dahlaine’s clever scheerous, but there’s not much we can do about it now’

‘You’re probably right, dear sister,’ Vash agreed, his face illu aurora ‘Since you’ll be the eldest during our next cycle, I think we’d be wiser to let you decide hoe should deal with this’ He looked at Dakas and Enalla ‘Would either of you object?’ he asked

‘I’ll be more than happy to lay that burden on our divine sister’s shoulders,’ Dakas replied ‘It alue either,’ Enalla agreed alht sky ‘That’s the loveliest thing I’ve ever seen,’ she declared

‘Wait till you see it at sunrise, Enalla,’ Vash said proudly

‘All right, then,’ Balacenia said ‘We’ll have to be very careful not to upset the balance of the world while both we and our elders are awake at the same time Evidently, we can ta without splitting the world right down thelike that while we’re awake’