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dreams rests under my rule. I shape and inhabit these dreams. I give divine messages and divine nightmares to some. But it is not always my doing. The structuring of these dreams is mostly the subconscious that acts on its own. I am just a silent contributor. My existence makes it possible for the unconscious state to be redelivered to the conscious body.”
    David’s explanation went far and beyond anything I was ever taught scholastically and religiously. I didn’t quite believe him, but after the whole inebriated kiss ordeal, I was willing to give him a chance… for about ten seconds! I shook the analytical Isis back into my head.
    “That goes against every one of my beliefs in life and religion. How can you be a god? That’s impossible for me to absorb. You do realize how irrational and deranged that story sounds, right? Just how gullible do you think I am, anyway?”
    “Isis, I will never lie to you. The truth has been hidden from your kind for thousands, upon thousands, of years. Some of us lead incognito lives amongst humans. Doctrinal Law prohibits Deities to have any type of intimacy, kill, or transport any human to our worlds. This is why I cannot comprehend how it was that you found Somnium.”
    “Right,” I nodded. “Does the Tooth Fairy visit you there, as well?”
    “Be serious.” His lips formed a straight line.
    “Isis, ponder this: If I am not who I claim to be, how else do you explain my being here when, but a night ago, I was the one that told you I would prove that I was real?”
    “I don’t know. I have no explanation for that,” I sighed and bit my thumbnail.
    “Then, I believe, the score is two to one, in my favor. Is it not? Accept that I have rendered you sufficient evidence to prove my existence.”
    “But, if you were so curious about me, why did you torment me every night for months?”
    “I was trying to make you flee and never return. I was concerned for your safety.”
    “My safety?” I was confused. “But it was a dream. You just said so.”
    “That was no dream. That was Terra Somnium, and there are not only gods that exist in those other realms, Isis. There is a balance of good and bad, right and wrong just like on Earth. Deities are very protective of their lands and of humans, as absurd as it may sound. I was afraid someone or something would see you and condemn you to one of the dark realms.”
    “Condemn me for what? I did nothing wrong.”
    “Your simple presence there condemns the both of us. You are not to go there again if you value your existence here on Earth. Do you understand?”
    I nodded accordingly.
    David tapped on the steering wheel with his index finger. “I need to understand you. There is something about you that is quite different from other humans. While I am here, I would like to observe you, just as I observed you for that year.”
    “I only saw you for three months.”
    “Just because you did not see me does not mean I that I was not there.” His mouth formed a smile. “I actually was very reluctant to try to frighten you away.”
    “Why?” My eyes narrowed.
    He reached over and touched my cheek with the back of his hand.
    “Because Isis… ,” he smiled, “ . . . just because.”
    I pulled back and hit the back of my head on the window.
    “What are you doing?” I demanded, in a defensive tone.
    “I’m sorry. You just look so very, very… innocent,” he sighed. He opened the driver’s side door and circled the car to open my door.
    “Take a walk with me?” He extended his hand to help me out of the car.
    I hesitated for a moment before I took his hand. The beach wasn’t empty. There were quite a few people walking on the shore so I was sure he wasn’t about to murder me right then and there. I took his hand and he pulled me out of the car.
    David walked beside me to the sand dunes where he stopped. “Is this area adequate, or should we walk further into the beach area?”
    “Further in,” I immediately answered. I