"How did Philip know to turn back time? did you tell him?" I asked.

"Of course not, Philip doesn't need me to tell it, it knows for itself that time is wrong. Blue Finger replied.

"I know?" I said, "it's not the initiator, it's not the operator, why can it feel like it's going back in time?"

"Because of Philip's dreams," said Blue Finger, "dreams are connected to time, and some guys can travel through time, such as time travelers, and some guys walk in dreams, such as Philip." ”

"Dreams," I thought for a moment, "how can dreams and time be connected?" ”

"You'll have to ask Philippe about this," Bluefinger spread his hands, "I only know that it has the ability to enter into other people's dreams, but why, I don't know." ”

Philip doesn't bother to answer my question at this moment, it sleeps soundly, and if I disturb it, I guess this little guy will bite me again.

Who knew that this guy had slept all afternoon! Fortunately, he had a very speculative chat with Blue Finger, as he said, the food of the adult country is indeed delicious, that is... It was too big, and before I knew it, it was evening, and the giant got up to prepare dinner, and I sat down at the table, and a wave of sleepiness hit, and I shook my head to wake up, but I still couldn't resist the tide of sleepiness.

"Yek, Yek. "My mind was clear, but I felt as if I was asleep, because I knew very well that I was sitting in Bluefinger's house, but the scene in front of me was not like this, green hillside, sunny and shining.

"Yek, Yek. "The voice calling me is too familiar, playful and urgent, isn't it Tsubaki?

However, I can't see her shadow.

"Yeke, what are you looking at! Come on!" the voice grew clearer and clearer, and following the voice, I found her in a white dress on the green hillside, and she was waving at me, her eyes smiling into a line.

It's a dream, it must be a dream.

Since it was a dream, there was nothing to worry about, so I walked in the direction of Tsubaki, and the hillside was so soft under my feet that I felt like I was about to sink in.

"Hey, you slow down!" I shouted.

"Hurry up, why are you so slow!" Tsubaki walked briskly forward, the sun floating above her head like a scarf, and I couldn't see her face clearly.

"What is there to be anxious about. I muttered and quickened my pace, she was still urging me to hurry, but no matter how fast I walked, the distance between Tsubaki and me became farther and farther away, and there was no intention of shrinking at all, and the hillside under my feet became more and more difficult to walk, and at last it became as viscous as a swamp, and I was stuck in the mud, unable to move.

"Tsubaki! wait!" I tried to get out of the quagmire, using both my hands and feet.

"I'm right here. Looking up again, she was already in front of me, her eyes shining.

The green hillside was gone, and I sat down on a chair, and I missed the sight in front of me.

Rows of shelves, radios, old tables and chairs, Tianbei groceries.

"I'm back. "I said to myself, and I said to Tsubaki.

"yes, I'm finally back. Tsubaki sat down beside me, "It's been a long time since we've both been away." ”

"Come to think of it, it's been a while. I said, "When are you going to come back?"

"There's no going back. She whispered, "I can't find my way back." ”

Feeling something tugging at my heart, I adjusted my mood and rubbed her hair, "Don't worry, I'll help you find it." ”

Tsubaki's eyebrows lowered slightly, "That's just the way you told me, not my own." ”

"When you think about it little by little, you will always remember it. I said.

"No matter how you think about it, it's all in vain. Tsubaki spoke, but Tsubaki's voice was no longer Tsubaki.

“... Philip," I sighed, "you actually got into my dream. ”

"Isn't that what you were hoping for?" Philip's voice felt strange as it came through Tsubaki's form, "Don't you want me to help you regain this cat's memories?"

"Can you change back to your own self first?" I said.

"Well, I thought you'd like the way this girl looks. As soon as the words fell, Tsubaki turned around and turned into a little raccoon cat with a white tail, sitting on the table of Tianbei's groceries.

"You already know why I'm coming to you?"

"No, I just knew from your dreams, but I guessed you were coming to me the day you activated the hourglass of time. Philip wagged his tail and said, "Why was the time file of the girl in your dream deleted?"

"It's a long story... But it's because of me," I replied, "I wanted to restore her file, and I asked for a long time to find you." ”

"No one can recover the archives, otherwise the time gap will be messed up. "And I'm just a monster who likes to linger in dreams." ”

"I heard that dreams and time are connected?"

That's true, but it's just a connection. Philip stretched, "Dreams are the reorganization and reproduction of memories, from the dreams can find clues of the dreamer's past, even if the time file is deleted, there will be traces of past memories in the dream, but it is incomplete, after all, your girl has only been deleted part of the file." ”

"Can you only recover your memories..."It seems that the lost demon power can't be recovered.

"It's not restoration, it's recasting. Philip said.

"Recast?"

"Yes, find the fragments of her past memories from her dreams, but even if all the fragments are pieced together, there will still be some missing, and this missing part will require another person's dream. Philip pointed at me, "Dreams can be understood as palaces built with countless fragments of memory. ”

"Fill Tsubaki with the memories I found in my dreams?" I exclaimed, "Then her memories are just the same as mine!"

That's right... If that's the case, I can't hide my careful thoughts.

"I will try to pick the right and coherent memory, copy it, trim it appropriately, and add it to the girl's vacancy," said Philip, "but it is a copy anyway, and it is certainly not the same as the original memory, but it is better than not remembering at all." ”

Yes, something is better than nothing.

"You're in my dreams now, does that mean that if you want to reforge Tsubaki's dreams and memories, you have to find her?" I said.

"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to enter her dreams, and I wouldn't have been able to reforge them. Philip said, "Where do you think she might be?"

"This is easy to do, I'll just go to the time gap. I said.

"There's another thing, don't tell Blue Finger about my recasting dream. Philip said word for word, "Otherwise, he will find out that I helped him erase the bad memories." ”

"Without his consent. . . Is that really good?"

"You didn't have the girl's consent. Philip was speechless.

"So, have you thought about what you're going to get in exchange?" asked Philippe.

"Swap?"

"You don't want an empty glove white wolf, do you?" the little tanuki seemed unhappy again, "Recasting dreams is a physical job, okay!

“... Harvest. ”

"Well," said Philip, "it's a big undertaking to recast people's memories into the dreams of the monsters, and if your offer is too low, I won't help you." ”