Golden Glade Is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream?

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A smile and praise.

The latter could not be heard, his ears still sealed shut, but the former was witnessed each and every time he lifted his head up to stare. It was all very exciting indeed, though he knew not why the greater mass was as thrilled as he. Was she experiencing the same sensation? Had the dull, pitiful world of the Earthly beings only just been revealed to her, too? There did not exist a way for him to ask, his inability to speak proving to be quite the hindrance. Someday he would utter his first words but, for now, there was only silence and nonsensical babbling filling the air around him. None of the other creatures were like his fairies, after all. They could not speak through his thoughts, nor could they pluck from his mind all of the words that seemed to whirl around within his skull. In comparison to his otherworldly friends, they were below average, capable of nothing more than simple actions and speech, whereas the lights could do so much more. They held his favour now and forever, especially since there was a beast lurking behind him that the living flesh had yet to chase away; had she not been there, the boy knew that his fairies would have. They could have gotten rid of the intruders, and would have, should the Prince have asked them to do so. Yet the opportunity to ask had never even been given to him, the collection of Earthbound entities keeping them away.

A hot breath fanned out over his back, which did little to ease his worried soul. Another shiver raced down his spine and then up again, panic gripping the child. Against his rib cage had his heart began to thump, mimicking a trapped animal as it beat itself bloody whilst searching for an escape. The monster had closed in on him, it wished to bring him harm, and the one that fed him had yet to do anything about it. His eyes grew wide, frightened, then pinched shut just as his mouth opened—with iron lungs, he screamed and screamed, relentless with his onslaught of noise so as to make sure that his terror was realized.

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