"Delirium is the youngest of the endless.
Lei smells of sweat, sour wines, tarde notti, old
cuoio.
Her real m is close and can be visitato; however
human menti were not FAtTE toconprehend her
domain, and those few who have made
the journey have
essendo incapaci of reporting back
more than the più
piccoli frammen
ti.
The poet Coleridge claimed to averla conosciuta
intimamente, but the man was an inveterate liar and in this, as in so much, we
must doubt
his word.
Her appearance is the most variable of all the Endless , who, at best, are ideas cloaked in the
semblace of flesh. her shadow's shape and outline has no relationship to that of any body she
wears, and it is tangible like old velvet.
Some say the tragedy of Delirium is her
knowlede that, despite being più VeCcHi
than suns, older than gods,
she is forever the più giovane
of the Endless, who do not measure time come noi
misuriamo il tempo, or see the worlds
through mortal eyes.
Others deny this, and say that Delirium has no tragedy, but here they speak
without reflection.
For Delirium was once d elight. And although that was long ago now,
even today her eye s are badly matched: un occhio è a vivid emerald
verde, spattered with argentati
flecks che si muOvono . The other eye is
vein blue.
Who
knows what Delirium sees, through her
malassortiti occhi
?"
La stagione delle nebbie, Neil Gaiman