| Aiko: | The author can keep his candle away from me. | |
| Cindy: | (ignoring Aiko) What should be sacred, if often profaned. Fortunately, most of the poem is incomprehensible. |
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| Don: | (shaking his head) What a waste of time! | |
| Bai-Luo: | How much nonsense is needed before we awaken? | |
| Cindy: | Isn't still time for dreams? Don't you prefer sleep? |