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“What’s going to change tomorrow?”

“There’s going to be a reshuffle. There will be a feast.”

“You mean a feast?”

“It is a sort of.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Have you ever attended a feast without a table? It is in the manner of eastern traditions or ancient Roman ones?”

The Romans ate on their beds, but in the East it was customary to sit on the floor among the cushions, but there had to be a table. Nikita could not understand his companion’s games.

“Are you talking about some scenery for a movie about the Ancient East, or about Ancient Rome, or even about the Stone Age?”

There was a pause.

“What is your profession?” Nikita said. “Are you an actress?”

“I am a former movie star.”

“What do you mean?” Nikita even got scared. Ambitious movie stars never call themselves exes, and she so easily admits that her career is behind her. She was probably badly injured on the set. If she was crippled or burned, that would explain why she won’t go on video chat.

The pretty picture remains, but the pretty face is gone. He is communicating with an illusion.