“It’salovelydog.Irem🃙😐🀟emberwhenIwasyoungIusedtohaveapyfellowlikethat.Isheasmallbckcoc♭🋨🛲kspaniel?AmIright?”

    “Yes,yht.”

    “IthinkIbeagoodfrien🃙😐🀟dofhis.Iamfriendswithalldogs.By☳🃢🙢the

    way,are🔬🃫you🁤🇱still🗴☌single?”

    “Yes,I’🔬🃫mstillsingle.”

    “That’sstrange.”

    “Whatsob⚲🕗🉰adaboutbeingsingle?”askedCh🔇⚈🏛arinadefensively.

    “Heavens!Arethehandsomeyouhecityallblindlikemethattheyletsuchabeautifu🆼🔼🅾lyoungwomanlivealone?”jokedDimitri.

    “It’snotthatIhaven’tthoughtofgettingmarried”admittedCharina.“It’sjustthatatthemomentImustdevoteallmytimeandattentiontomywriting,soIjustotbedistractedbyanythingelse.Oh,peoyoureyes,Dimitri?”Dimitriseemedtomakeoutshadowymovementsofherh🞛🔶andsastheymovedtoandfrobeforehiseyesuhe⛬brightsunlight.

    “It’snothing.Ibecameblind.Ithinkitmustbethewillofheaven.Ihavebeeus🕏🈫🁍edtoit,butitisnotveryvewhenItrytogetarous.It’snothingreally”,repliedDimitriresignedly.

    “ItmustbeGod’swill”saidCharina,makingthesignofthecrossonherse🝔lf.“Hemusthavegreatthingsinstoreforyoutodo.”

    “Let’shopeso”repliedDimitri.Thenhequicklygedthesubjedasked,“Areyoustillwrit🃅🕗ingnovels?Iamagreatfanofyours🝌.Whatkindofnovelsareyouwritingatthemoment?”

    “That’swhathasbeenb👗me”repliedCharina.“Ihavepublishedabouttwodozennovelsandhavealsohadquiteafollowing.ButIfeelthatthenovelsIhavewrittenareshallow,mediodthethemeshavebeenmuchrepeated.Iw⚰🕃🆹anttowriteaboutsome🖃🏸thingthathash,somethingnovendinal.ButIhavenotbeeosettledownonanythingasyetandhaven’twrittenasinglewordforoverayear.YousayIhavebeenhavingawriter’sblock.”

    “Really?Whatdoyouwanttowriteabout?Perhaps🄦⛙Igiveyousomematerialsesti🕏🈫🁍ons.”📦🝂

    “Iwanttowriteaboutwhatisbehi🍶ndtheblueskies”saidCharinapointingt👋🇐🗮otheskiesaboveher.“IwanttoknowifthereintheKingdombeyondtheblueskie🆻🔳sthereisloveandwarfare.Thatwouldbeanattractivetopic.”

    “Ofcou🅮rsethereis”repliedDimitriwithouthesitation.“Wheretherearepeople,therewillway🛘🜫sbeloveflidwar.Thatisanun🁬geableironcdrule.”