I was in a situation where I was romantically involved with a girl that I know. We were walking to a concert.
me: "What is the significance of us making out in this dream."her: "Really, it's just simple mind-reading. We're going to eventually, why not now?"
me: "Where is your boyfriend?"
her: "He's with a pretty cool girl right now, who I really like too. She works on marketing and distribution for Chips Ahoy."
(Note: Chips Ahoy is a brand of pre-packaged cookies.)
By now she had morphed into someone else, and we were walking through a shopping mall.
her: "I see this long list of nears on your forehead."me: "Nears?"
her: "Nears."
me: "Wait, you mean N-E-A-R-S?"
her: "No, N-E-R-A-S."
me: "Can you explain what the heck those are?"
her: "I think we're going to have to introduce you to someone who can work that out."
(Note: Cursory research on the foreign word root "nera" suggests it relates to "impatience".)
She led me through the crowded mall, which had noisy music playing. I thought the music was going to wake me up... to stay in the dream I started singing my own lyrics to it, it was an unfamiliar song.
We wound up in a dark room with a gathering of people kneeling in a circle, all wearing black jackets and leather gloves, surrounding a leader. I went to gather a jacket and a pair of gloves that was on the floor, which I somehow recognized as my own. One guy pointed at me and spoke in a stern tone.
him: "What are those, legs?!"me: "Yes, I... I need to put on my jacket."
him: "Well the man doesn't like it."
(Note: The implication I took was that it was a problem that I was still standing, and needed to kneel in the circle around the leader.)
Once I'd knelt in the circle, the girl who had accompanied me to the room made a declaration.
her: "Sheila's not coming back."someone: "Why not?"
The leader pointed at me.
leader: "This man is the military. And one of the nicest people around. If he had to make a decision, then it was probably the right one."(Note: I guess there was an accusation that I'd been responsible either directly or indirectly for Sheila's death.)
