XIII
Explaining My Idea
(Day 109 on Tashoo)
(Morning)
It seems to me that every time I have a nightmare, there is some stress in my life right after the
nightmare. The fact that almost every day is stressful seems to be irrelevant. The nightmares
seem to occur when an especially stressful day happens. The stress can be anything from my trial
yesterday to meeting someone new such as the day I met Ka' Mu-Naka. The nightmares seem to
be a harbinger of the stress that I experience the next day. Needless to say, I am having another
of my nightmares.
In my dream, once again I am in the company of Tyarza. We are walking along a beach holding
hands. Her long blue-blond hair, which reaches down to the middle of her back, is blowing in the
wind and her yellow-in-blue eyes are sparkling and looking at me. She is smiling and her
perfectly straight teeth show through lips which are slightly darker than her lion yellow skin. Her
skin color does not seem to be from the sun, but her natural skin tone. She is wearing the leather
one-piece dress-like article of clothing that all the females of Tashoo wear. It reaches from just
below her arms to about halfway down her thighs. The sides are held together by a leather string
on either side that crisscrosses down her sides which makes the dress form fitting. Hers are
drawn tight enough to show that she’s female but not so tight as to be obscenely tight.
We stop and look out over the ocean. I slip my arm around her waist and gently pull her to my
side. As our sides touch, she reciprocates, putting her arm around my waist and snuggling
against me. After a few athata, she moves in front of me and slips her arms around my neck and
pulls my face close to hers. Looking into those yellow-in-blue eyes captivates me completely. I
can see her lips moving, but I can't hear a word she is saying. She stands on her tiptoes and
presses her lips against mine in a gentle loving kiss. After the kiss, she lays her head on my
shoulder and sighs gently.
Unexpectedly, the sky begins clouding over. The clouds become thicker and thicker until Tyarza
and I are completely engulfed by the clouds. As she is engulfed by the clouds, I see words
forming on her lips. “Mvilu. I love you. Please keep your promise. Protect me and take me back
to my home.”