PART THREE

IS THAT THE SOUND OF BREATHING YOU HEAR BEHIND YOU? COULD IT BE THAT SOMEONE IS READING THIS TALE OVER YOUR SHOULDER . . . ?

DO NOT LET THAT DETER YOU, VALIANT READER, FOR WE HAVE REACHED THE POINT IN OUR STORY WHERE YOU WILL DISCOVER WHETHER OUR HEROES ARE ABLE TO SAVE THE WORLD, AND WHERE ALL YOUR QUESTIONS WILL FINALLY BE ANSWERED, INCLUDING THE MYSTERY OF MY IDENTITY.

POSSIBLY YOUR CONCEPTION OF THE UNIVERSE WILL CHANGE. AND YOUR NIGHTMARES WON’T SEEM QUITE SO HARMLESS ON WAKING. PERHAPS YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO LOOK IN A MIRROR WITH THE SAME EQUANIMITY.