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In the examination room, he was taking vitals... blood pressure, temperature, heart rate, etc. I was gasping as if I had run for some time. The dream told me I had run to the office... and from the office to the exam room. I tried to explain this to him but he wasn't listening to me. He was completely absorbed with counting my heartbeats. Since he wouldn't listen, I closed my eyes and tried to calm my breathing and lower my heart rate to a normal level. It slowed slightly, but I was still out of breath.

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There was a back door in the exam room and I was standing outside looking up at the sky... the doc stood in the doorway watching me and the sky:

DOC: "Looks like it's raining."
ME: "...or... it looks more like ash."
DOC: "...could be."

For an instant, I tried to figure out what that would mean... a fire? An image of an erupting volcano flashed in my mind briefly... but, that was ridiculous. There were no volcanoes here.

Cut scene.

I was in a huge, dark, empty house. On the far wall was a tall, narrow set of stairs [with no railings] leading straight up to two french balcony doors. To the left of the staircase was a two feet wide section of cubes that had been set into the wall at varied depths. The dark cubes were about the size of an adult hand and ran all the way up the wall, overlapping each other chaotically. At the top [even with the balcony doors] was a small faucet that ran a small flow of water down the cubes... like a cubist indoor waterfall.

I looked down and noticed huge burn blisters covering the tops of both my feet.

Cut scene.

I opened the balcony doors and, sitting on the floor of the balcony, was my mother, brother, half-sis, Shadow, and Carmel. My mother was holding Shadow on her lap and my half-sis held Carmel. On the ground was about four inches of water. I stood in the doorway as I listened to their conversation for a while.

Cut scene.

Carmel was looking kinda sick and made some gagging noises, so my sis put her down. As she did, Carmel threw up in the water. Everyone scrambled away and I opened the doors. The water [and puke] spilled out and down the stairs.

Cut scene.

Carmel ran into my room and put her paws up on the foot of my bed. I sat up and patted the mattress next to my feet. She jumped up, circled around, and plopped down next to the wall.

I woke up to loud thunder and lightning... it was storming outside. Carmel came running in from the living room whimpering. This confused me because I was sure I had just allowed her up on the bed. I sat up and patted the mattress next to my feet. She jumped up, circled around, and plopped down next to the wall... just like in the dream.