"Who are you three?" Robin's voice held a trace of confusion. "Yan Bai," Hanxing replied. Though he was not yet skilled at Tuning, with his own strength to bolster it, it was enough to fool Robin.
"Firefly." The name on Firefly's wanted poster had always been Sam. No one had seen her true face, so naturally she had nothing to worry about. With the introductions concluded, Robin asked, "But... where is this?" Her voice was calm, with a hint of caution.
"As expected of Harmony's favored child. You passed through such dense Memoria without being affected in the slightest." Dahlia's admiration was heartfelt. "Hello, you can call me Dahlia for now. This is our little new home in the sweet dream. It's more convenient for us to talk here."
"A new home burned out of the sweet dream? If you wanted to have a proper conversation, you shouldn't have provoked me this way." Robin no longer concealed the chill in her voice. "Sorry, but she's different from the other incinerators. She has no intention of stealing memories. The same goes for me. I've never thought of destroying the sweet dream." The gentleness in Firefly's voice made her hard to doubt.
"I really like Penacony, as a tourist. This is my first time dreaming, and Penacony is even more wonderful than I imagined." "Thank you. In that case, why have you come?" Robin replied. "I think you've noticed it too." Firefly's words were gradually becoming difficult for Hanxing to understand.
"The Dream Master, Gopher Wood, has completely fused with the dreamscape and is nearly 'omniscient and omnipotent' in Penacony. Yet now he's losing control of the dreamscape." Firefly's words were still logical, but Hanxing understood them less and less. He then leaned slowly toward Firefly. "While we were apart, just how much more did you learn than I did?"
"A lot... Don't worry about it. I believe you can find something in my explanation." There was a trace of trust in Firefly's voice as she looked at Robin again. "To find the cause, we conducted an investigation. In the primordial dreamscape, we came across a crime he had buried. We suspect that's why his power isn't what it used to be. That's also why he claimed publicly that he was ill."
"...A crime?" Robin's voice was skeptical. "We'll show you later. As his family, you wouldn't believe it unless you saw it with your own eyes." Dahlia stepped in at the right moment, but she still couldn't dispel Robin's doubts. "You have indeed found many clues, but before that, I must confirm the three of you's true purpose."
"My purpose... concerns only a reunion, a rescue, and a farewell." For some reason, Firefly's voice was a little downcast. "Are you willing to believe me?" Robin smiled faintly. "Miss Firefly, the look and tone you just had are ones I often see in members of my audience." "...A look?" Firefly was a little puzzled, but Robin continued at once:
"That's the look people have when they describe the most beautiful thing in their hearts, so I'm willing to believe you this once." Robin paused, then spoke again. "When I first left Penacony, the Dream Master gave me a parting gift-a 'commandment.'"
"For the leader of the Five Families, isn't that a little stingy?" Hanxing's voice held some skepticism. He knew a thing or two about the Dream Master himself. "After that, I set out on the Path of Harmony, wielding its corresponding power as a Pathstrider... until I returned for the Charmony Festival."
"In The Reverie, with which the Dream Master had fused, I began to lose my voice, and the power of Harmony began to wane. Yet in Dreamflux Reef, I was completely unaffected. I think the 'Path' he was referring to back then might not have been called 'Harmony.' As a result, the sweet dream and I gradually became incompatible. In the past, the Dream Master harmonized us, and it was only when he could no longer spare the attention that I finally sensed something was wrong."
"Then which Path did he follow?" Firefly's voice was a little urgent, but Robin ultimately shook her head. "I'm not sure. There aren't many clues about it. But I suspect it's Order." Order again... Hanxing pondered. Why do I always get the feeling that wherever there's Harmony, there's bound to be Order?
"...Thank you, Miss Robin. You've cleared up a lot of our confusion. But as for the Path the Dream Master has turned to... we have a different theory." Firefly once again made a startling statement, and Dahlia added, "Follow me. It's time for you to see it with your own eyes." She then looked at Hanxing. "You come too. Give us a chance to get on equal footing with our information."
Hanxing nodded. "All right... let's go."