Balthazar gazed at her, his eyes cold and calculating as he here evaluating the worth of the woman before him.<br/><br/>"You are dreaming Aurora," he answered, "And I am Emperor Balthazar, known to you as Blathazar the Black.  Though in my own time, I was called the Ever-Living."<br/><br/>"But more important is this question.  Who are you?  A frightened girl ready to surrender her birthright like a rabbit in a snare?  Or are you a Princess of the Deschain line?"<br/><br/>He rose from his throne then, and took a step towards her.  "Because I could teach my great grand-daughter many things, aid her in seeing that she recieved all of the things that she was entitled to.  A rabbit however, is good only for eating."<br/><br/>"So what shall it be?"