he woke before she did
turning his head on the pillow he
nearlyfainted at her profile
her untroubled brow magnificent Native
nose hair sexmussed that they rode without
a care into unconsciousness sleep
the twisted sheet lay across her hips
a leg stuck out
he gently turned onto his sidequietly
slippeddown not to wake her scarcelynuzzled her breast laid his hand flat low
on her belly closed his eyes
napped hypnagogic
she woke
Baby.
startled No
Ohno I didnt wake you did I
No. No.
he looked over the round of her
breast into her face
What’s wrong, love? A dream?
he nodded nuzzledkissed the side of her breast
Among dreams
she put her arm over his back took
his shoulder in hand
You dream
No, not that I remember. she giggled
I was pretty exhausted,
boyo.
he
laughed
Me too
But you dreamed.
Theyre always waiting at the door for
me
she smiled Christ
how she could light the room made him
smile
Want to say?
I do please
he turned onto his belly up on his elbows
kissed her nipple
she touched his cheek ran her
fingers through his hair a fingertip gently at his temple
So.
Immediately captured my
attention the earth beneath us . .
.
. Us?
Me?
Something huh
Yes. Terribly rare.
Yah
Why Im fixated
I didn’t mean to interrupt.
No Okay
The earth was formed like a waffle depressions units between them that separating them they were walkways prisonish It
felt contained unseen walls unseen ceiling definitely not outofdoors but
because I couldnt make out the confinement the atmosphere was similar to outdoors
There were punishments a lottery Not violent anya know how violent my dreams
can be
she nodded
They I hate they Unseen officials Punishment It was an extraction of intelligenceI don know
how they did itpeople yahstrangers all
strangers returned to their depressionstheir
units docile
The lottery remanded people to
the same extractionkennels . . .
Kennels?
The depressions
Ah.
Im thinking kennels nowwe had
ours I could seelooking down from above onto
the landscapethe depressions We could
move around inside them but coudnt leave them unless accompanied
Guards
Why woud they do tha
The guards?
Yes
To survive?
Thas always the excuse isnt it
Excuse.
That’s raw.
Yes
Punishment extractions lottery extractions An when an individual was too dociletoo malleable
they were lead away
his eyes began to shine
Lead away?
Yah
I saw from above They were removed from their cells
And?
And?
Slaughtered
Slaughtered for their flesh
OhJesus
that’s a nightmare.
A dream love Just a dream
Yes he nodded For you
For you
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