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I was waiting in the wings to go on stage. I told the lead actor I was with that I couldn't do it. He said I'd be fine. I explained that I didn't mean I was nervous, I meant that I hadn't learned the part, hadn't even read it. We did go on, although I had no idea what I was going to do. After we'd taken our places there was a pause and I realised that the lead actor was listening to the prompter.

Communication frustration

I'm travelling, mostly on foot, with a doctor who is trying to explain the condition and treatment that I've had. He gave a cursory explanation but I asked for more detail because, as I said, it was happening to me so it was important to me. He struggled to put it into terms I could understand and I found it hard to work out which parts of what he was saying were the most important. We were both getting frustrated, him trying to explain and me trying to understand. At one point we encountered another doctor and the two had a conversation, the one I was with was clearly relieved to be able to communicate without difficulty.

Under the skin

The doctor doesn't offer any comment and I have an uneasy feeling, but after he's gone I look at my body and find a well developed, healthy looking baby moving just beneath the skin. It doesn't seem unusual to me that it's so clearly visible and the main feeling is one of relief that what I had almost given up on is actually going to happen.

The devil in the library

There was a pursuit going on through a large library, although in the beginning it was confused and unclear who or what was being pursued. We couldn't get a clear look at it as it hid in shadows and scurried from one bolthole to another. As we moved up through the building some of us attempted to name or describe it, speculating on how it might disguise itself in order to ambush or evade us. It was finally cornered on the top floor and we moved in and surrounded it. I was unsure at this point what we would do next, there didn't seem to be any inclination to harm it, only to examine it and keep it under control. At this point I became aware that it was a devil type thing, something with a strong negative energy to it. As it was recognised and observed by us all it appeared to lose strength and power and to be more afraid than threatening. Some of us joined hands to keep it enclosed but it soon became clear that it was not strong enough to pose a danger to us.