I was in a clearing, maybe a parking lot. Our CEO was delivering some kind of speech, which was odd since we had recently been bought out, and he really wasn't the CEO any more. My boss was near me. We had been small talking or something. He (my boss) handed me a small animal... I thought it was a dog or something.

Next thing I know, this animal has small claws, needle sharp things, extending from its paws. But it also has the cutest face. Then I realize, on its face, is something like a clipped fingernail extending outward from its cheek. But its face is still cute.

Then, there's a group of people looking at me suspiciously. I realize I need to escape with the animal, so I run.

I'm in a building. I think it's called the Animal Repo Center or something. There are men everywhere who look like scientists and doctors. Down the hall I find an open door, and enter. Inside, no doctors. Just a cage or aquarium type thing. Inside it's moist, but not water filled. A small creature, round, like an oversized ladybug but without wings, and legs around the circumference, is in the cage. But it's much bigger than a ladybug, maybe 1 to 2 inches in diameter. And it has a face, and it smiles at me. I'm a little stunned.

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I already have my needle claw nail-faced fox-type creature, but I also grab the bug. I see a doctor in the hallway... tall, with silver-white hair. He looks like the CEO. Maybe he is the CEO's father? Or brother? There's a clear relation. The group of people from earlier spot me... like they are a crack team of spies or something. They start moving towards me.

I run down the hall, both creatures in hand. But also, I have a colleague or two, ambiguously, with me. Through one door, then another. We are outside, at a park. A public park. People are walking dogs and pushing strollers. I am breathing heavy, but the two creatures appear calm. My pursuers appear, also out of breath, and with much more angst than me. But they realize that we are in a public area.

I immediately understand the Repo Center to be a facility where experiments are performed in cross-breeding animals. I instantly know that they are also experimenting on humans, with varied success.

Suddenly I awake... disoriented. Not sure what to make of this dream. Is it relevant? Is it sexual? Is it nonsense?