ANDREY MEETS REINALDO

Andrey closed the book and his eyes fell on the leather cover on which the other book by the colleague who had just sat next to him was bound. - What does that mean? How is it possible that there are two? Reinaldo looked at Andrey and his book with the same incredulity. But after a few minutes, a dizziness of mixed emotions welled up. Fear and relief. He was no longer alone in the midst of this madness. - Who are you? What you want? Is that part of it? - Reinaldo questioned, holding the book. - Are you real? - Look. Touch. Are you feeling? Asked Andrey. The two looked at each other with curious and restless looks. Reinaldo compared the books, placing them next to each other. - Reinaldo. I am a former circus tamer. My story is tragic. My pains are immense. Unbearable. - You are Andrey, the Russian. I knew it. I knew as soon as I saw you. You belong to the book. It came to haunt me. Leave me alone. Perplexed, Reinaldo ran away. Dizzy he tripped and fumbled changing his feet. Andrey ran after him. - Do you want to keep running? Like me? You already know my story. Do you understand that coming together will be the only way to face this? I know it seems like an incredible coincidence that I fell on a parachute right here in your city. But believe me, it is not. I know. Maybe I know more about you than you do. I know the book wants us apart, but at the same time an antagonistic force works on our behalf in all of this. And I know one more thing, which you don't know. The five of us need to meet. If we all, who are involved in this mystery, gather everything we know and what we experience and what is not written there in the book, we will finally be able to do something about it. At least know why this is happening.

- And do you know where to start? Nubyk is dead. How are we going to find him? - Mal'chik, listen. You are not reading your book. It is? Didn't you read what happened to Nubky? He returned. The book is being written right now as we speak. - Okay, Russian. You are very smart, aren't you? You read my story. So tell me about Pegasus, the talking horse. What is he? Is it like the animals in the book? - Yes, Pegasus. In my conjectures there could only be four other animals for everything to make sense. I can debate with you for hours on how I came to these conclusions. But in short they are opponents of the animals in the book. In an analogy, villains would be like the heroes and animals in the book. And the fact that Pegasus found you, Mal'chik, says a lot more about you than you can imagine. Are we going to end this or not? - Andrey summoned offering his hand to seal the deal. Reinaldo hesitated, took a step back, looked at the books. Finally he shook the Russian's hand.

- I just want this to end.