Heidi was stunned at first when she heard the words of the subspace shadow in front of her. Then she lowered her head and looked at the "amethyst" pendant from a certain glass workshop on her chest. The next second, about this pendant
All the things came to mind——
The weird antique shop manager, the pendant that his father brought back from the antique shop, the incredible protection during the Black Sun incident, the second pendant, Vanna’s investigation of the antique shop that went nowhere, and... at this moment Duncan...
The Appearance and Words of Abu Nomar…
The psychiatrist lady finally opened her eyes wide, and her crazy guess gradually turned into a solid fact. She suddenly felt that... she seemed to need some psychological help.
"Relax, control your eyes, and don't look at things you shouldn't look at," Duncan smiled and said to Heidi unhurriedly, "Your father specifically asked me to remind you of this."
Heidi felt her mind buzzing, and she couldn't tell whether it was the noise caused by mild mental pollution or simply auditory hallucinations caused by nervous tension. She held her forehead and finally managed to control her reason and impulse, but still
Feeling that his thinking is slow and intermittent: "My father...he is now..."
"He was serving as a consultant on the Homeless Ship - he was afraid that you would worry, so he never told you, but none of us expected that you would be involved in the incident inexplicably."
"Is he okay?! He's on your ship..." Heidi asked subconsciously. However, when she looked at the majestic "captain" in front of her, she suddenly hesitated at the end of her voice, feeling that she didn't care about herself.
No matter how you ask, it seems offensive and reckless at this moment.
Duncan didn't pay attention to this, and just replied casually: "He is very good, maintains the healthiest schedule in the team, and plays a huge role on the ship - what else do you want to know?"
Heidi opened her mouth, reorganizing the words in her mind for a long time, and then suddenly thought of another thing, something that happened almost at the same time as her father left home, something that was very suspicious in retrospect - she felt that her guess was crazy.
But he still couldn't help but ask: "Then... is Fanna also in your..."
Duncan did not answer directly, but confirmed her guess from the side: "Want to meet them?"
Heidi was stunned for a moment. She didn't know how to answer this simple question. After two or three seconds, she suddenly woke up. Then her first reaction was to put away a lot of her scary-looking personality clones.
, and at the same time he said in a panic: "Is it okay? Do you really allow it? Ah, I'm sorry, I don't mean anything else, but I have heard a lot about you... I should..."
Her panicked words suddenly stopped.
Because along with a rotating door of green flames, two particularly familiar figures had appeared in front of her——
Morris was smiling, while Vanna looked a little embarrassed.
"So what...Long time no see," Fanna came to Heidi, touched the tip of her nose and said hello, "I'm sorry to have kept you secret for so long, the new position is a bit sensitive, mainly because it requires confidentiality, and this time I am also the captain.
Only if you allow it...are you angry?"
Heidi did not answer, but just stared at the long-time friend in front of her, and then stared at Morris aside. After holding it in for a long time, she finally said: "Can any of you explain to me in detail, what is happening now?"
What is going on?!"
"You guys talk slowly," Duncan saw that they had already begun to communicate. He immediately waved his hand with insight and turned away, "I'll talk to Lucy."
Two "crew members" and one Heidi were left staring in embarrassment.
Duncan didn't pay attention to the subtle resentment of Vanna and Morris behind him for a moment. He had already come to Lucretia calmly, but saw the "sea witch" dodge her eyes and look quite embarrassed.
Lucretia has been brainstorming for a long time - after her father suddenly entered this dream, she has been in a state of confusion. She just took advantage of her father to communicate with the "psychiatrist"
At that time, she was thinking hard about how to communicate with this "relative" whom she had not seen for a long time, how to adjust her mentality like Tirian, and...
How should we explain what happened with the sickle just now?
However, when her father really came over, she realized that she was not prepared for anything - the "witch" who frightened many people in the boundless sea was actually not very good at dealing with such emotional emergencies.
On the contrary, because of my random thoughts for a while, I became even more confused at this moment.
Lucretia opened her mouth: "I..."
"There's no rush," Duncan suddenly waved his hand to interrupt Lucretia's words, then turned around and looked at Heidi and the other three people not far away, "Let's take a look first."
Lucretia: "...?"
She was a little confused for a moment, not knowing what her father meant by "see first", and even subconsciously thought about it in completely unrelated directions such as "planning" and "layout", but the next second, she realized
The familiar but long-unseen figure next to me was just looking not far away, with a human expression on his face, like he was watching a show.
The "Sea Witch" hesitated for a moment, and then looked in that direction. A strange feeling came over her heart. She didn't know how to describe this weird and awkward unfolding - it was different from what she had imagined in the past many years.
The scene when I reunited with my father was different.
She imagined that one day in the future, her immortal self might encounter the Homeless Ship returning from subspace like Tirian. She imagined that there might be a tragic battle between the bright stars and the Homeless Ship.
During the confrontation, the evil spirit from the subspace will destroy all betrayers, just like he destroyed the Thirteen Islands of Wetherland at the border...
And in some gentler dreams, in some fantasies that have nothing to do with reason, she actually imagined another scene——
Her father will really come back, it may be a quiet afternoon, or in the afterglow before dusk, they may stand on the sea cliff, just like the place they visited in her childhood - she can no longer remember what time it was.
Which city-state, I only remember the gentle sea breeze and white flowers everywhere - she and her family would stand on the tallest big rock, her father would tell her about the things that happened far away, and she would show off herself
His Shining Star, as well as all his laboratories and book collections...
But those fragmented dreams finally melted in the sunshine, just like sighs melting in the wind.
She never thought that when the day of reunion really came, it would be like this - she and her father stood in this dream that seemed to never end, together...
Watch other people's gossip.
But gradually, Lucretia seemed to understand her father's intentions.
She also looked in that direction, looking at the psychiatrist lady and her relatives and friends. There was also a daughter who was full of worries, a father who was trying to explain everything in embarrassment, and there was also a friend who was at a loss.
.
Perhaps, this was the father's intention to let him "see it first".
Lucretia felt she understood.
Then she heard Duncan breaking the silence next to her: "Actually, I persuaded Maurice at first and asked him to find a chance to talk to Heidi, but we didn't find a chance - but this is good, if he had
Now that I’ve made it clear, I don’t have to watch anymore.”
Lucretia felt that she understood it too early.
In her brief daze, she suddenly remembered something that Tirian said when she contacted her before -
My father found his humanity.
But it seems that I have found too many.
At that time, she still couldn't understand the meaning of her brother's words, but now she vaguely understood - this being who returned from the subspace may be her father, but it's not entirely true anymore.
"Lucy, what do you think?"
Duncan's voice suddenly came from the side, interrupting the random thoughts in Lucretia's mind. She suddenly woke up and looked at her father who was looking at her inquiringly.
The complicated thoughts in his mind quickly calmed down, and the long-lasting memories and the dislocation of the scene in front of him were forgotten. The "Sea Witch" suddenly felt that those confusing problems didn't seem to be a problem. The person in front of him... This was good.
After all, life is not about academic research, and not all questions must have answers.
"Miss Heidi will handle all the problems. Although we don't have much contact with her, I know she is a sensible person. There is no need to worry about Mr. Morris. He is your approved consultant..."
"Oh, I'm not talking about them, I'm talking about this 'place'," Duncan waved his hand, pointing to the forest that had fallen into "dusk" but still showed no signs of collapse and disintegration, "This should be a dream.
Right? But it looks a little weird, different from the dreams I’ve seen..."
Lucretia was a little uncomfortable for a while. Her father's thoughts seemed to be jumping around now, which was very different from the person in her memory. But she soon realized it and quickly sorted out her thoughts while turning her attention away from him.
Bagua in the distance moved up and said in thought: "The 'entrance' of this dream is scholar Tallan Ayr, that is, the mental entity over there that is in a stagnant state. His 'self' has not yet awakened.
The reason is this..."
Lucretia told Duncan the information she had as concisely as possible, and the latter showed a thoughtful expression after listening carefully.
"...In other words, this forest is just a barrier covering the 'surface' of the dream. The true appearance of this dream is hidden deeper - but the person who leads all this is not the man named Taran Ai.
Your spirit, but the 'third dreamer'."
"The third one, but we don't rule out that there will be a fourth and fifth one," Lucretia said seriously, "Heidi's experience shows that this dream is 'connected' to other places, so it
It is possible that there are more dreamers connected to it, but all of them are hidden, and the 'self-healing' and 'hidden' abilities of this forest... are far beyond our imagination."
Duncan said nothing, he frowned and fell into thinking.
At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the "Great Scholar Taran El" not far away suddenly blinking his eyes.