Robert

At Worlds' End, Mister Gaheris recounted a story he was told by a man named Robert, to Brent, Charlene and the others gathered at his table.

Robert liked the city. He would often walk through the city on his lunch break and enjoy looking at the buildings. In the evening he would walk throughout the city and admire the city at night.

On one particular night Robert saw a glimmering alleyway he had never noticed before and he went down the alley. He found himself in an unfamiliar place, which was unusual since Robert knew every doorway and every alley of the city.

Robert spent a lot of time wandering this city, hoping to find his way back home to the city he knew and loved.

Robert rarely encountered people, but one day he encountered another man who had been trapped in the city for a long time. The old man had a theory about where they were. He told Robert "Perhaps a city is a living thing. Each City has its own personality, after all. Los Angeles is not Vienna. London is not Moscow. Chicago is not Paris. Each city is a collection of lives and buildings and it has its own personality. So if a city has a personality, maybe it also has a soul. Maybe it dreams. That is where I believe we have come. We are in the dreams of the city."

Eventually Robert found his way out of the unfamiliar city.

When Mister Gaheris met Robert he was living in a small village in Scotland. After Robert told his tale to Mister Gaheris he disappeared in the foggy evening explaining that he was afraid of the day when the city might awake...

This is a fantastic chapter from the Worlds' End storyline....very haunting and beautiful and Scott did a fantastic job with his interpretation of Robert. I can't wait to see him explore the other characters in this story.