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The Dreamer

 The giver of dreams - a glimpse into the future, or a call to service. PART 2/2 Jasire turned to the creaking door behind him. He was alone in a class room with five long benches enough to contain four children, and each bench had two tables. From his seat on the third bench, he could see the clock on the wall above the separate desk at the front, it was twenty one minutes past eleven, and he had been there since eleven.        The door was held open from outside for a while and Jasire just stared at it until the man behind it came in. He was quite finely dressed, and so a thought of fear dropped into Jasire's mind, then he thought of those he'd met earlier before - Phoebe, and Derin at breakfast, who had told her about the class for children his age - with their large, pure smiles. The man opened the door further to keep it open before noticing Jasire.   "Since when have you been here?" The man asked.  "Eleven" Jasire replied almost immediately....

The Dreamer

       In a new place, with a strange dream... PART 1/2       Jasire opened his eyes slowly. Regardless of his fearsome dream, he was used to waking up quietly, as his mother would surely awake at any sound he or his siblings made, cautioning them to keep their voices low as the night was a very sensitive time. For the sake his mother, Jasire sat up as quietly as he could, this time, his mother wasn't leaning on the wall, asleep, and he infact had slept on a bed the night before, with his younger brother Tola by his right. The day was clear and Jasire felt a little bit of fright within him as he saw his mother asleep on a mat with his younger sister,  Alita. The day was never clear and his mother would still be asleep, infact,  she hardly slept through the night,  waking up at even the mere sound of a passing mosquito.        Jasire remembered his dream and wondered if he'd still be asleep like the rest of his family ...