Was that a dream? I stood in the same hall with white tile. But, that was Bern! And, memories kept coming. We courted for weeks, and finally, married. And, instead of teaching disinterested students, here, I taught excited students in very small groups, outside in the sand and the flowers. "Bern, can I go to Alb Seer with you?"

He laughed and hugged me. "I will take you anyplace you wish to go! But the Rainbow you remember is not on Alb Seer now. I live on Elshar Zheiea. Rainbow is on 24 worlds in Alb. You may choose which world you wish to live on and I will go there with you!"

"Oh, I wouldn't ask you to move for me!"

Bern laughed and danced with me. I knew this dance, and we danced around each other. Step and half turn. Clap! Step and half turn. Clap! His blue eyes turned light, and I pictured the same thing happening to mine! Oh, I didn't want the moment to end!

When we made a complete circle, ten steps, I realized people were watching!

I never sang or danced in front of anyone, until I met Bern. Then he taught me a lot of them, and each dance had a song. I sang a courtship song and we danced to it.

My deepest blue shows my serious side

But hidden in my heart is the happy blue

And even the deep blue is light and dances

As my eyes dance for you.

The words were in Elshar, a language Earth never knew.

Bern sang harmony. My mother taught me to sing. She was an opera singer and gave voice lessons. But she could never get me to sing for anyone but her.

-- Eileen, Elshar Historian, an unpublished story