I finally woke up at the moment when suddenly, as if out of nowhere, the sounds of music, voices arose, and in my hands was a glass of red wine that came out of nowhere. She remembered what happened, how the faces changed in the aisle, they went forward and returned. She remembered congratulations and very well remembered the face of the king and Ed, who looked at the greeting with a slight half-smile, sometimes said something and even laughed.

Val would have preferred to look at Sfirat, but standing indefinitely with her head held up was uncomfortable, and simply ugly. The first sensations of lethargy passed, but general weakness...