（外文电子版资料）Richard Paul Russo - Watching Lear Dream.pdf

file:///C|/3278%20Sci-Fi%20and%20Fantasy%20E-books/Richard%20Paul%20Russo%20-%20Watching%20Lear%20Dream.html RICHARD PAUL RUSSO WATCHING LEAR DREAM AT NIGHT SAMUEL SAT beside his old friend Lear and watched him dream, Lears dreams manifested in the air above his prone and twisting figure, malformed creatures and almost familiar people and half-living machines that threatened to become fully substantial and take on strange and complicated lives of their own in this world. Samuel, too, had once dreamed dreams like these. But now he kept watch over his old friend. Kept watch over Lears dreams. And destroyed those dreams. Samuel and Lear. They were the last of their kind. Samuel acted as a gatekeeper, human Cerberus, guarding the natural world from the supernatural. Doing so, he kept Lear alive. Watching over him, preventing the old mans dreams from becoming primed realities loosed and wreaking havoc upon the world, he held back the executioners axe. As long as Samuel kept Lears dreams at bay, DivCom allowed Lear to live. Lear had once been a DivCom hero. So, too, had Samuel, and the other twenty-seven like them. They had dreamed into existence strange and powerful creatures and superhuman beings, incredible living weapons and organic star-jumping ships, and then, in full control of their creations, directed them against the invading forces of an alien civilization that attacked them from somewhere near the heart of the Milky Way. And they had triumphed. But the others were all dead now, most of them killed during the conflict, others by accident or old age; two by suicide. Only Samuel and Lear remained, and they were no longer needed, the conflict years ended, no other foreseen. They would have been useless even if needed -- Samuel had no more dreams, and Lear had lost all control of his own. Neither was a hero anymore. For years Samuel kept watch over Lear, fought Lears dreams, and dispatched every one. For years. Until the day Lear dre