“I raised a smart child” she praised making Conrad cringe. “I am Adira, and then there’s Isabella. I never changed my name” she answered smugly. “So there’s two of you!” Conrad was shocked. “No that’s not possible. I would know” he immediately refuted. “You wouldn’t because there’s me and a dummy, an intelligent puppet” “There’s no such thing as an intelligent puppet” Conrad still couldn’t accept it. “The world my child is wider than you know. There are advanced islands out there and this continent is barbaric in their eyes” Isabella gestured, her hand spanning over the heavens as if to say the world was as big as the heavens. “Tell me about this puppet and why I didn’t notice it wasn’t you” Conrad was still confused. “You’re not listening. The puppet is me, it has my memories an

