During the fall months the palace was still hot, but everyone was tired of being out of the palace. The smells and heat drove everyone running back to the palace, the heat oppressive and the night chills enough to release the angry ghosts of the past; nightmares
Sad cries played out from different rooms, all of us ignoring the others as we suffered alone.
Dreamer 1:
“‘But why must I wear this?”
“Because young master, you are disgraced”
“But enemies of the empire are killed to preserve harmony, it has been this way for over 200 years. I learned about it from my tutor just this week.”
“You were set to be put to death with your father for his role in the last rebellion. Instead your mother threw herself at the mercy of the emperor and offered up her dowager lands and much more. Yo
