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The glowing green nuhtly in the pitch blackness, showing that it was the ht As the memory of reality returned from the cessation of her sleep mode, she recalled the sequence of events that occurred beforehand After her conversation with Aldrec, she went into her room to clear her ht Those were the last clearasleep

"By the h her hair, rendering it damp with the profuse sweat fro her breathing to return to normal

And then, it hit her

"I … had a dream!" She said hoarsely There was no doubt about it; the sensations of the experience were still fresh in her mind and upon her body They were so real, and yet, there was a strange sort of unreality associated with it: a contradiction that baffled her logic

It was incredible! The sounds, the sensations … she had no idea that they would be so real! By the maker, she could still feel the hands!

And then, she froze, overcome with a massive wave of embarrassment, as she came to realize exactly what kind of a dreaod!" She whispered shakily, her hands absentlyto her lips Her eyes ide, still veiled by stifling darkness

She began to laugh, loud, raucous, and uncontrollable She covered her mouth with her pillow as not to wake her brothers or sisters, but the laughter still poured out as she pounded on the bed She laughed until her insides ached, and great tears began to pour from her eyes

When it finally passed, and she couldover froht and checked on Needles She lay in her pile of old clothes that she had fashioned on the floor by the bed, sound asleep, even after the noise she had ht, and into the hallway Thinking back on the drearet about it She would be too mortified to recount it to the rest of her faone to bed, it seemed, as all was dark in the apartment For this, she was thankful She dreamed for the first time; she was the first android to ever dream, as far as she knew … but, the kind of drea as it was enjoyable And what it had entailed had htened She very ht work to set her thoughts in order