Мне было грустно и даже страшно возвращаться. Казалось, прошла целая Вечность с того момента, когда я вышла из своего физического тела в больнице и оказалась здесь.
– Всему – своё время, малыш, – шепнул Ангел и протянул мне руку. – Ну что, идём?
Я взяла его за руку и задала свой последний – на этот раз – вопрос:
– А о чём ты договаривался с Таможней, когда попросил меня подождать на лавочке?
– Я попросил не стирать тебе память, – улыбнулся Ангел.
– Чтобы я помнила о тебе?
– Чтобы ты рассказала о нас людям…
I walked for a long time somewhere far away, in an endless thick fog, until I suddenly came upon a Man.
«I’m sorry,» I apologized, trying to move on, but realized there was someone there, too.
«Follow me,» the Man said.
«What do you mean?» I asked.
«The queue…»
«What are you queuing for?»
«Everyone gets their own.»
«And how long do we have to wait?»
The Man shrugged. The queue moved a little further. I began to distinguish some voices.
«Do you know what is there?» I asked.
«I don’t know,» the Man replied indifferently. «They say, there is the City of the Sun beyond the fog. However, not everyone can reach it.»
«Are you from the City of the Sun?»
«I don’t think so,» the Man grinned. «More likely, from the Dungeon of the Land of Dreams.»
The queue moved forward a little.
«So, are you an atheist?» I supposed.
«Not anymore,» he sighed.
Suddenly, a girl of about five years old emerged from the fog. She ran between us and immediately disappeared.
«Are the kids in the queue, too?» I wondered.
«I guess so,» the Man replied and shrugged.
The Girl emerged from the fog again, but from the other side. For a moment she stopped next to us and then turned to me.
«There’s a cat waiting for me there! And who is waiting for you?»
«I don’t know,» I shrugged.
«Weird!» the Girl said thoughtfully. «There must be someone waiting for you! If there was no one waiting, you wouldn’t be here!»
I smiled, and the Girl disappeared in the fog at once.
Soon we reached a bonfire on the side of the road.
«Well, we can relax until morning,» the Man said.
A shadow of a woman separated from the fire and approached me and the Man.
«Join us!» she suggested.
The Man and I sat down by the bonfire. How many souls were there? Anyway, I couldn’t count, Mr. Fog clearly didn’t want us to see each other.