"About what you said before," says the Director. "Are you suggesting that this entity is somehow interacting with people's dreams?"

There is a moment pause.

"Hello?"

Over the phone, scattered by static, Bina hears, "CJ? She stopped talking. Did we lose the connection?"

"What on earth?" breaths Bina trying to see through the rain and fading light.



"You've got to be kidding me," says Bina, in a much louder voice.

"What's happening?"

"Sorry," says Bina, very quickly. "I'm going to have to call you back!"