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Dream: Planet of the Inedible Mush

I'm on a foreign planet and everything is alien around me, except for a man that I have a romantic attachment to. He's been here for a while longer than me; in fact, it becomes clear that I've come to the planet looking for him. The place itself is beautiful. We're in a clearing, but there are forests nearby of trees.

Yet, I know that in the forests are the aliens that are not friendly to us, so while they're beautiful to look at, I know I can't go there. I also know that even if I did go there, there would be nothing to eat.

In fact, eating is kind of a problem on this planet. As the man explains to me, the only way that we can eat is to lay belly down on the ground and eat the membrane on the ground. He spends much of the dream doing this, but I refuse to. I'll just wait for more appropriate food, I tell him, rather than debasing myself into eating mucus.

As I sit and wait (and I am dressed strangely - like a Robin Hood, with thigh-high boots, leggings and a tunic), two armies approach from either side of me. I hide with the man underneath a rock and we peer out as the aliens from the forest approach, armed with shields and swords. Their enemy comes from the other side and there's a huge battle, which we watch for a while.

Then we're back on earth, in a laboratory with a scientist that is more an idea than an actual man. I realize that the planet we have been on is a creation that is held into space by a long string that ends in his laboratory. Apparently we have shimmied down the string to visit. It's just that I know that I have to go back soon...

Note: I have a cold at the moment, which might explain snot-like imagery. :)

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