"Really?" Victoria sounded somewhat doubtful. "Couldn't he just have wanted to open it somewhere higher up, so it would be easier to control the seawater's flow and keep it from spilling everywhere?"
"Impossible." Lillian waved a hand confidently. "With his power, dealing with a little seawater would be effortless. Wasn't this Library of yours built in an instant?"
Victoria nodded slowly.
That did make some sense.
"Think about it some more. Why did he have that Dream Creature stay there, sprawled on my roof all day?"
Victoria looked out the window. The enormous Nightmare was moving crates of ore up and down while waving its tentacles to slap at the seawater falling from above, as though it were taking a shower.
"Isn't that just because it likes it?" Victoria's expression turned somewhat odd. "It looks like it's having a lot of fun."
Lillian sighed. "Victoria, we need to try looking at things from a Great Being's perspective and broaden our horizons. You must understand that a Great Being's control over an Abode is absolute. Look at it the other way: anything or anyone appearing in the Abode must be there for a reason."
She pointed at herself, then at Victoria, then at the enormous Nightmare in the distance.
"He's already put a Nightmare on my roof. Every day, the moment I open my curtains, I see a whole mass of eyes pressed against my window. His hint couldn't be more obvious."
"And you and I happen to be the only two in the entire Abode who haven't been assigned work. You agree, right?"
"No, there's Xixi too."
"Who's Xixi... damn it, I mean people! People!"
Somewhat exasperated, Lillian pushed away the Golden-Haired Dog that had thrown itself onto her and wiped the slobber off her face in disgust.
"Anyway, I