All tagged Falcon
We go into the elevator and into complete darkness. There is no sliver of light anywhere, not a faint light, not a star in the sky, not a single photon from the sun we are coming from.
“This is creepy,” I hear Charlie say.
“My logical response to this place is 82% stark fear,” I hear Master Mind’s response.
“Hold my hand if it helps,” I hear Justin say.
“My emotional health is not that fragile,” Master Mind says.
“I meant Charlie!”
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Something changes in Justin as soon as he is able to absorb that Joy can see into the dark dream while no one else can.
His back straightens. His voice becomes like that of a military commander, when he says, “Joy. Tell me what you see.”
She nods. “We’re at a beach. The woman is over there sitting on a beach chair.” Joy changes, as well. She isn’t the child asking her father for something she cadn’t have for the thousandth time. She is the adventurer I’d heard about. She’s giving a report of the hostile environment. “She has a beautiful dog sitting next to her. There are a few other people who came for the beach. And, I think, oh!”
“What?”
“A couple of penguins just came out of the water.”
“Monster penguins?”
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“Joy, stop kidding around!” Justin tells her.
“You stop kidding around,” she shoots back. “Tell me what’s dark here!” We’re standing at the edge of a dream so dark that there isn’t an iota of light anywhere. It is the dream of a woman called Amahle, who has been blind from birth and so her dream has learned to never show light. And yet, Joy insists there is no darkness.
“Those three buildings over there, they’re not dark! That woman over there with the dog, she’s not dark.”
Justin’s face goes white. “Amahle does have a seeing eye dog. I never told you that!”
“The clouds are not dark,” Joy points forward. “Those birds on the trees!”
Charlie steps to the edge and squints. “Joy, are you really seeing those things? I can’t see anything.”
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We prepare to go to Amahle’s dream: Justin, Joy, Charlie, Master Mind, and me. Suzy refuses to make the jumps from dream to dream. I am still getting used to Master Mind carrying me during those jumps, but I wouldn’t miss it.
Everyone including me gets jetpacks that Joy has touched and made permanent.
Justin creates a long, strong rope that Joy touches to make permanent even if Justin wakes up. That rope is tied to her abdomen and to Master Mind’s abdomen even before we leave.
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