“This is reality,” he nodded.
“Why did you say that your master wants those who have material sight to see? What does it mean?” the doctor asked, running his hand over the rough and warm surface of the wall.
“Our great Surya wants all to return to their natural and present form. For everyone to open their eyes, do you understand.”
“No,” Jean-Pierre shook his head as he walked ahead. “We don’t understand.”
“We are all wandering in the dark and he who has the light should…” Dandin didn’t finish.
“Everyone has their motives,” Jean-Pierre said earnestly, wanting to remind everyone that they are not here to philosophize. “Most of the time they are rather mercenary.”
Dandin looked around at the earthlings:
“The Master is not looking for profit.”
“Of course,” Jean-Pierre brushed him off sarcastically.
“All right,” Dandin shifted his gaze to him. “What do you want?”
Jean-Pierre stopped and turned to Dandin.
“We just want to understand what’s going on and get back to the Earth,” Jean-Pierre said, looking at Debby.
“Ha-ha,” Dandin laughed. “That’s exactly what I’m talking about. The fact that you want what you don’t have proves that you can’t see.”
“Are you suggesting we stay with the lilliputians and the volcano man?” shaking his head, Jean-Pierre said.
Dandin looked up, trying to understand what Jean-Pierre meant, but he could not.
“But you wanted something before you came here, didn’t you? A true desire cannot depend on circumstances. To hear yourself is to see the world. What do you hear?”
The question remained unanswered. The eyes of the earthlings went up to the castle gate, which was about 30 meters high. The gate was decorated with amazingly delicate and beautiful carvings: a semicircle at the bottom, from which a glow emanated, and circles of planets of different sizes above. Debby, Yulia and Van stood next to the gate and looked at the design.
“The foundation of everything is light,” Van said, explaining the drawing, “it serves everyone around them.”
“It’s really beautiful,” Debby said.
“Is that the solar system?” circling the drawing with his hand and looking closely, Dr Capri asked Dandin.
Dandin wondered:
“Are you naming our world after the Sun?”
Yulia chuckled. Dandin looked at her reaction and quickly lowered his eyes.
“This is a map of the world where our planet occupies its corresponding position. At the very bottom, serving those above.”