The day ended with me sitting on the central tower of the castle and Danamus sleeping beside me. As night approached I knew I would wake up, so I liked to say goodbye with the view of the city and the vast prairies that although nearby are unreachable for me.
Despite how long I've been dreaming the same thing, I've never been able to see this place at night, since I wake up every time the light starts to fade. I'd like to say it's with the sunset, but I haven't seen the sun either.
I tried to fight the drowsiness and last a little longer until nightfall, but it's completely impossible. It's a feeling I can't control, like being injected with propofol or morphine, I dislike it but I can't help it.
*yawn* sigh*
"This is annoying, I'll see you tomorrow friend"
“Gyuar?”
Everything went dark until a moment later I opened my eyes to welcome another day. My work starts at 11 o'clock and it was 8:25 so I had enough time to start the day calmly.
My job is quite simple, I only have to visit establishments looking for illegal merchandise or any irregularities in their products. Normally, inspections are carried out due to complaints, claims or some irregularity that is found in their records. It's simple but also annoying, I mean, nobody who has everything in order likes to be bothered and people who have something to hide obviously do not like our visits.
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The day went by without major altercations and after half a working day it was time for my well-deserved lunch, that beautiful moment of pleasure in which there is only you and your lunch. But of course, as the pleasures of life are never complete, my lunch was interrupted.
*vrzzzzzt vrzzzzzt*
“Hi, what are you doing?”
“At work”
“Do you leave early?”
“Yes”
"Sure? Mom and I are making dinner with a lot of love. I don't want you to leave us with everything ready"
"Yes, I'll be there for sure"
"Perfect, then we'll be waiting for you, ciao"
*thud thud*
That reminder made the lunch lose its flavor. I sincerely wanted to decline Mila's invitation, but I had no reasonable excuse to turn her down either. And so, the rest of my workday was a little more tense than usual and I even missed my departure time for a few minutes, which clearly indicates that I was unfocused.
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"Are you leaving?"
"Oh? ah carolina hello, yes, I'm on my way out"
"You seem distracted, will you have dinner with your family?"
*sigh* "Yes, I’ve already committed"
"Oh! leave that bitter face, go and enjoy your dinner, it's not as bad as you see it and when you're done tell me how it went, what do you think?"
"Okay, I'll talk to you"
"I’ll be waiting for you to talk to me, so don’t forget"
"Yes, yes, I won't forget, I'll see you tomorrow"
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I drove slowly through the city looking for presents for Mila and Vera, I mean, they prepared dinner or at least that’s what she said and it would be a bit rude of me not to bring anything as a thank you.
I rarely go out to dinner at someone's house, so I don't really know what I should buy, but in the end I decided for the present, which no matter the type of occasion, is always a wise choice, chocolates
With the shopping done, it was time to go home, take a shower and finish my work day
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When I finished getting ready it was still early, dinner is at 7 and the clock read 6:10. They don’t live far away, so it will at least take me about 15 minutes to get to their house, but it will still be very early and I don’t want to be early.
I lay on the couch to let the time pass and also to calm my nerves. I mean, until just two weeks ago my only family was dead. And then a new family appears out of nowhere. I haven't shared anything with them, I don't know anything about them, their tastes or what they'll want to talk about. Not that I care either, but I guess we'll have to talk about something or it'll be a very awkward dinner.
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I played 'Chopin-nocturne n°20 in C-sharp Minor' on the phone and let my mind relax to the rhythm of the piano keys. Time passed, the melody ended and Ludovico's Oltremare followed, preventing me from coming out of my state of relaxation.
My musical tastes are very varied, so my player decided it was a good idea to switch from Ludovico to Alborosie. Well, I'm not complaining.
While 'Kingston Town' was playing in the background, I inadvertently disconnected from the world and when I regained consciousness I was already in my dreams, standing in the center of the city square.
"Shit, I fell asleep"
Now I have two options: wake up and attend dinner or continue sleeping and solve the problem tomorrow. And of course I chose the most logical one.
"Well, I'll figure it out tomorrow. it wasn't apropos so I can say I fell asleep from exhaustion. Yeah, that should work...Now it's time to wake up Danamus"
If I had to put in numbers the level of desire I had to go to that dinner, the answer would be 0. I just needed an excuse, even if it was absurd. And well, falling asleep from exhaustion seems like a reasonable excuse.
Tomorrow it will be solved, I mean it's not that it's very important either, so I quickly erased that from my mind and proceeded with the Danamus hatching.
"How can he eat those knives without being hurt and I could lose a hand just by touching them? It’s a little unfair"
The process of waking him up is the same and with accumulated experience, as long as I don't do anything stupid, it is easy to approach the newborn dragon.
The routine afterwards is the same as the previous days. It could be boring to always do the same thing, but since I have to deal with different types of people on a daily basis, these moments are like going on holiday to the countryside, they are very relaxing.
That's how the day went by, at the end when my awakening was getting closer, I picked some fruit and climbed the tower to lie down to watch the sky slowly darken and wait for sleep to do its work.
*chew*
"This tastes great"
*yawn*
"It’s almost time friend"
“Guyar?”
“Come here”
“.......”
“Oh! is your majesty too noble to be caressed?”
“Guyar”
"Oh, sure, sure, you're the dragon lord and your hierarchical level doesn't allow you to do that sort of thing.......... But now that I remember, tell me great Lord, where was your nobility when you got tired and I had to carry you?"
“Grrr”
"Okay, okay, I don't remember anything anymore, who are you, who am I?"
*yawn*
"I'll see you tomorrow my friend.... uhhm what's that?"
For the first time in all my dreams something changed. Outside, in the ever-empty prairies, I caught a glimpse of an animal strolling peacefully.
The sleep didn't give me time to take a second look, because the moment I saw the figure of the animal it was as if I had been hit on the head. Darkness occupied my consciousness and the usual sensation of walking came, only this time it was as if I didn't know where to go, as if I was lost. I'm not sure, but I think the walk was at least three times longer than usual, to the point where I felt tired, something that had not happened before.
I couldn't feel nerves or any other feelings. I was like a puppet who is wound up and keeps going until the rope runs out. And I, for some reason, could feel that my rope was about to run out.
It was a long time before I felt the familiar sensation of walking knowing where I would go. It was like getting lost in the woods and then finding a path that you recognize and then you know you'll be able to get out of the woods. That same feeling was what I had.
I could feel the rush in my steps when I finally found my way. I wanted to leave the darkness quickly, until I finally opened my eyes and the daylight said good morning, only it wasn't what I expected.
A slight pain in my hand together with a refreshing breeze brought me back to my senses. Startled by sensations different from the usual mornings of someone living alone and in an apartment with locked doors and windows, fearful and expecting to find a burglar, I opened my eyes with a start.
"Guyar!"
"...Danamus?"
"Guyar!"
"I didn't fall asleep, I mean I woke up?...."
*chew*
"Ouch* Stop biting me!, I'm awake now, let me think"
"....."
"....."
*chew*
"Stop, what's your problem? Besides, what are you doing here? You should be in the egg. What am I doing here? I'm supposed to go to work Let me get up and-"
brreer* caw* chirp* greuuur* eaaaaaak* wreaaoc*
"....."
"What is that?......shit..... Do you also see danamus?"
In front of me, the once empty and endless plain was now teeming with life. different types of animals were sunbathing or strolling in groups. I also saw some birds and surely there were insects, although maybe it was because of the surprise, but I couldn't identify the species of any of them. At first glance they all seemed totally unknown. A little further away, where before I could only see prairies, I could now see a forest blending into the horizon.
"guyar!"
"You see it too, so I'm not crazy.... what’s going on?"
My thoughts flew trying to understand what happened and it is that the dream for a long time was always the same and now I am supposed to be awake, but instead it is as if I have come out of the loop I was in and time continues as normal. It's exciting and worrisome, I mean, I came out of the loop, but will I wake up or will I live here?..... Is this still a dream?
Now I had three options to find out if I could wake up: wait for nightfall and sleep, leave the city or die, since that's usually how I wake up. But dying is out of the question, those deaths were an accident I don't want to repeat, although there was no pain, the feeling was quite horrible so there were only two options left.
"Guyar"
"It took me by surprise, okay? it's a lot of visual information at once... Come on, let's see what else changes, we need answers"
"Guyar?"
"You're supposed to be my friend, right? and as a friend you're supposed to help me with this kind of stuff, come on stop slacking off"