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[Over the last few days, Midii had watched as more and more individuals mentioned Dreams. She had dismissed her own at first--it wouldn't have been the first time her mind had tampered with the possibilities of events past, present, and/or future--until a particular detail was brought to her attention. Something she hadn't remembered at first, until others mentioned seeing something similar.]

[The yellow jewel in that preteen girl's hand. Or, more specifically, the yellow soul gem.]

[Combined with the knowledge of recent Turtle-wide events, and a theory was beginning to form in her mind. Granted, it fell into line with her previous track of thinking...but it also didn't refute anything. Yet.]

These Dreams...

[A pause. She didn't think she needed to elaborate. By now, anybody paying attention would know.]

The Hatchling Turtles had the power to influence our dreams. I remember. They'd visited us that way in the past. Asti, too.

Is there any chance one of them is doing this? Like the Vision we all saw, only in our sleep.

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[She shook her head reflexively.]

No. I mean yes. I mean--

[Okay, that wasn't working. Stop. She needed to think about her words. Phrasing. So there was no misunderstanding.]

That wasn't what I meant.

I've met new people, yes. What I meant was that you're one of the few friends I have left from before.

Oh, I get it. Yeah, there aren't too many left from back then. Guess that makes you and I old hands, right?

Some of us a little older than others.

[Was that a quip? Look at the influence you have on her, Jack.]

If that's the lead in to an old man joke...

[No lead-in. That was the joke.]

Do I look like somebody who would joke like that?

You sure you want me to answer that?

[ he's teasing ]

[She could tell. And while part of her did struggle with the notion of wanting to know for curiosity's sake....]

No. Not really.

What's that saying? "Sometimes, ignorance is bliss?"

[She usually didn't believe in it, but there were always exceptions to every rule.]

So what have you been up to lately?

[Now, that was a loaded question. She had to stop and think about it for a long moment.]

Deliveries, mostly, I suppose.

Some of the people even stop to tell me stories, when they have the time. It's interesting getting to listen to them. Like the one about the old couple who started a business together years and years ago, back when they were still under the old Emperor's influence. After they came out of it, they decided to keep it going because it was something they did together.

[ Jack smiles. ]

The kedan usually have good stories, but those are the best kinds. It sounds like you're really fitting in, Midii.

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