Just like before with incredible speed we left the moon and approached another heavenly body. The next planate or circle that I saw as during the ascent appeared to be Mercury which due to its extreme heat as Beatrice explained in her motherly voice is reserved for the Ambitious, which aspire fame and light. We landed on the surface of the body and it was hotter then anything that I had experienced back home. During my tour here I meet many great men but the one that hit closest to home was probably Emperor Justinian he introduced himself to me in regal form as” Caesar I was and am Justinian.” This brief exchange made me thin how his earthly titles have been stripped away in this place, but his personality remains even here in heaven. Beatrice
