Chapter 25 sunset

Before Jiji could recover, the dance was over, and people slowly dispersed in three different directions. "Looks like they don't like my music," Gigi said. "How could they not like it?" Marcus said. Davely was still wrestling with his sheepskin drum. He was twisting something on the drum with a small monkey wrench. Gigi actually seemed to feel the sheepskin drum struggling hard and bleating loudly at the same time.Amidst all the noise, Maggie fell asleep peacefully again. Gigi watched for a while, wondering what Davely was up to. "Anyway," he said, "I can't understand why you don't want time. I wish I had half the time."

"We don't need time," Maggie said, and she didn't even bother to open her eyes. "We also don't want time at all." Jenny said. "It was a mistake," said Aegas. "Something went wrong. Time doesn't belong here." Gigi begins to suspect that the whole thing is a hoax orchestrated by Anne Kaulff. "What would you do if you didn't have time?" he asked. "Alive," Maggie said. "Until we die," Cormack said. "What did you say?" Gigi asked. "Look," said Cormac, pointing to a little black spot under Jenny's chair.Gigi bent down and took a closer look, and it turned out to be a dead fly.

"We've never had anything like this happen here," Cormack said. Gigi laughed in surprise. "You should go to my house," he said, "there are dead flies everywhere..." "It's like that in your house," said Maggie, opening her eyes again, "but it's not supposed to be like this here." "This is Tenaog," said Aegias, "the place of eternity, but the fly grows old and dies. It should not happen here." Dai Wei tapped the drum hard with a wrench, and the sheepskin drum finally stopped moving. "We're in big trouble," he said.

"Yes, it's called time," Maggie said. Aegas looked up at the sky, and Gigi had noticed that he had seen it several times since he got here. "Did you see the sun?" he asked. "I see." Gigi replied, "It's beautiful, isn't it?" "That's right." Aegas pointed to a place above his head, "It was originally here." "Of course, then walk over there." Gigi continued, pointing to the western horizon, "and then fall over there again." "We don't want to see this," Dai Willy said. "but……"

Aegas pointed to the sky again and said, "In this world, the sun is always above our heads." "What? Forever?" Gigi asked. Maggie sighed softly. "Before that, we didn't even use the word 'forever,'" she said. "We only knew now." "We don't know what the problem is," Aegas said, "so hopefully you'll take the time away." "Bring it back where it came from," Cormack said. "Thank goodness for that," Davely said. Gigi couldn't believe it and thought they were joking. "I don't understand," he said, "how are you all playing music and dancing all afternoon? If the problem is as serious as you say, why don't you try to fix it?"

"He's on point," Jenny said. "Yes." Maggie agreed. "The truth is," Agas said, "we're not good at anxiety." "We didn't have anything to worry about before," Davely said. "You guys are so lucky," Gigi said, "I can give you some advice." "Great," said Agas. At this moment, the strange sheepskin drum started to vibrate crazily by itself.Dai Weili picked up the wrench and was about to teach the disobedient drum a lesson, but suddenly changed his mind and dropped his hand.He stood up and threw the sheepskin drum in the middle of the deserted street.As soon as the drum touched the ground, it immediately transformed into a brown goat, the same goat that Gigi had been chasing when he met Dai Willy.

Gigi was stunned. He could take the words of the dead fly and the land of immortality as nonsense, but he witnessed such an unbelievable thing with his own eyes.Shaking its wool, the sheep regained its dignity and walked away along the pier. "Shall we begin?" Aegas asked. "What?" Gigi asked puzzled. "Advice on how to be anxious," said Agas, "can you give us?"