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[Alexandr Korol]

I want accuracy, especially when I cross-check things in historical documents — that’s one thing. But in my illusory world, this sense of “it seems” is something I allow to exist. I believe that this “it seems” — in quotes — is the very secret of everything. All the magic is in this “it seems.” If I didn’t have the ability to perceive the world like a child, with this sense of “it seems,” there would be no books. If I perceived everything rigidly and within the confined framework like most people, I wouldn’t be able to write books. So this little bit of “it seems,” it’s like... you can’t have too much of it either, but just the right amount, when needed — like a spice in food — it’s essential for flavor. Without it, it’s just not the same. Like food without salt or pepper.

Question: What does it mean to “know the Red Dragon,” and what does “there is some old man who runs everything, and he has to die — when he dies, my time will begin” mean?

That was said by Big Alexander back in 2010–2011. And honestly, I don’t know what it means — even more interesting is that I never even questioned him about it. As for “knowing the Red Dragon,” he mentioned it to me several times in different conversations. Sometimes he would say something like, “You haven’t yet known the Red Dragon, so something hasn’t happened yet,” or that something was too early. Other times, he would simply advise me to know the Red Dragon. And in the novel “Alternative History”, in the first volume, everything seems to lead up to one moment when he says that I did know the Dragon — by riding on its back — and that there is a 13th sign, the Serpent- Bearer (Ophiuchus). But to this day, I still don’t understand what it meant.

As for the idea that “there is some old man who controls everything and must die,” Big Alexander also told me that. I directly asked him, “You mean physically?” and he said, “Yes, and when he dies, your time will come.” But what old man? Who controls things? I never understood. My guess was that it might be Rockefeller. But again, whether that’s true or not — I don’t know. Because later he also said that the current global chaos is because there’s no commander-in-chief, that everything is without a master, like without a boss. And they’re all trying to decide who will be next, who will take that boss’s place.