CHAPTER 12
Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist.
Children already know that dragons exist.
Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed. (Gilbert Keith Chesterton)
Lucia woke up in a bath of sweat. She threw away the blankets, bringing out her naked body. In the half-light, she could watch her breasts rise and fall to the rhythm of her breathing. She allowed herself to calm down and resume regular breathing. After all, she had only dreamed, even though she was well aware that certain dreams were linked to memories of an ancestral life, they were somehow linked to the spirit of an ava living inside her. She observed Andrea that, although agitated, appeared to have sunk into sleep. In all probability he too was at that moment immersed in some dreamlike vision. She
