Now this morning my Lord spoke to me of his dream of the night before. And he said to me, “My dear scribe, last night as I slept I dreamt. And I saw the clouds below the High Palace, and I saw the unblemished skies above. And I saw the unblemished skies above the High Palace reflected in the waters of the Lake Of Thought in which I swam. And I saw the clouds below the High Palace reflected in the mirrored ceilings underneath which I swam. And I saw a bird in both reflections, though no birds fly above the clouds, nor none below the unblemished sky.”