Proteus had fallen asleep seated on the sofa, a deep sleep like he hadn't had in days. He was having a wonderful dream, dreaming about Cinderella, but there was something wrong... he felt a hard pain in his head... and when he woke up he realized that, if Cinderella wasn't actually there, the pain in the head was still really present, even if less than the day before and the dizziness was gone. He looked around, searching with the glance for Miriam but fastly he realized the girl wasn't there,. He sighed: stubborn girl... He raised up and ofter a few seconds he heard some voices that seemed to come from the stairs: he frowned and started to walk toward the stairs