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>Silent treatment
No, fuck it. You have all day. If Mr. Suit doesn't like waiting around on his hands, he's welcome to leave.
You settle back in your chair. Man, what <span class="mu-i">was</span> that dream about? Was there a big lizard in it? A... a big white lizard. Not a normal lizard, though. Stood on two legs. Did it say something to you?
"Hiya. Someone standing here."
...Yeah. Said something like- like- "Sorry. Wrong turn." Not moving its mouth or anything. Just right on into your (dream) head. Did you wake up then?
"Right here! Standing right here. With important— I might call it <span class="mu-i">very</span> important business. Right here."
No. It was a little ways after. The big lizard said that, then it looked at you sideways— literally sideways, it had a big long neck— maybe it was a snake? A snake with legs? A snake-lizard? Whatever— looked at you sideways, hard. Eyes bored through you, you mean. Even in the dream you were starting to feel a little sketched out. Then it said... uh...
"I have to say this is <span class="mu-i">very</span> unprofessional. Very, very unprofessional. I don't see how it is you stay in business if this is how you treat—"
...Uh... shit. You can't remember. Something really weird. You remember waking up and thinking it was about the weird thing it could've said, which makes sense, because it was a big talking dream lizard. Those aren't known for saying regular everyday things.
"—fellow businessmen. I can <span class="mu-i">see</span> that you're awake, you know, you're not fooling—"
Okay, walk through it. It said 'wrong turn.' Then it looked and... saw something in you? About you? It recognized you. (You can't remember seeing any big white lizards before, for what it's worth. Dream or no.) Yeah. Recognized you. Said "Oh, wait. Hi Roscoe." That wasn't the weird part. "That's really funny. I just was you."
"—anybody. You have a lot of balls, do you know that? A <span class="mu-i">lot</span> of balls. In a way I respect that! If you were one of mine, I might promote you. Or I might rip out your entrails myself! Depended on how I was feeling. Ha-ha. But really, I don't—"
It "just was you." The weirdest thing. Not that it just saw you. Not that it was you right now (and then you looked down at your dream hands and they were lizard claws, surprise!!). Just then. Recently. But not anymore. You're totally overthinking this, by the way— it's the whole point of dreams to make no sense. It just said it with such total casualness, and such total convinction, that it stuck with you. Did it say anything else?
"—have time for this, pal. I'm on the move. And I don't want to have to come back later! So why don't we have a discussion, man to... man, and work out an—"
One more thing, then you woke up. Advice? "While I'm here, help Ch— help the crazy-eyes girl if she ever comes by and needs it. Oh, and if Casey gets scary, tell him..."
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