"Hi," she said, "whatcha lookin' for?"
He didn't answer, or move.
"Nice sunset, right? You know, aliens thing we look weird too. I mean people see pictures of aliens and think they look...well they think they look strange, scary, ugly or I don't know, just different. But the aliens think we look that way too, I imagine, Probably saying to themselves, only two eyes? Huge mouth and what's with those noses. I mean it's all relative, isn't it?"
He looked down at her and said, "What are you doing here?"
"No idea, really. I don't know where I am, or who you are."
He grunted and went back to looking at the sunset.
"Nice outfit. You look fierce and warrior like, you know what I mean? All the weapons and stuff. You look cool. Very cool, but dangerous."
"I am dangerous."
"Me too."
He chuckled."
"I am," she said. "I'm female, intelligent and...I can do things."
"What kind of things?"
She shrugged. "Lots of things and I can dance."
"I could kill you before you would even know I moved."
"So?"
"That's dangerous."
"What if I can do magic?"
"Can you?"
"Not really."
He nodded. "Didn't think so. Where are you from?"
"Earth."
"Interesting."
"Where am I now?"
"Not earth. How did you get here?"
"Had cake before bed, then went to sleep and now I'm here, talking to you. My name is Susan but everyone calls me Rabbit."
"Rabbit?"
"A small, soft, fuzzy animal with long ears."
"You don't look anything like that."
"I know. Go figure," she sighed. "What's your name?"
"Ke."
"You're really big, Ke."
"No. You're really small, Rabbit."
"I see your point. Are you searching for something, fighting with someone, or just looking at the sun go down?"
"Searching."
"For what?"
"Love."
"Oh, good luck with that. What kind of love?"
"What kind of love? What does that mean?"
"Everyone has their own definition of love and lots of people, think love's not worth the pain. Maybe the pain comes with the loss of love, I'm not sure, since I only love my parents, and my cat. Are you in love with your girlfriend?"
"Girlfriend?"
"Yes, a female you want to live with forever."
He stared at her. "This is not earth."
"I can tell. You look like a hero or ninja, or comic book something or other."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Are you human?"
"No?"
"A bot?"
"Definitely not."
"What are you?"
"Something else. Don't you want to go home?"
"I don't know how to get there. Maybe I can stay wth you until I wake up."
"No."
"Why not. I mean you're just standing here and I don't know where to go."
"There's going to be a battle and you'll get hurt."
"Can I get hurt if I'm only dreaming?"
"Yes."
"It's really hot here."
"You get used to it," he said.
"Really?"
"No."
"I didn't think so," she said, suddenly sitting down.
"You're weak, not built for this place. If you stay you'll die."
"I heard that when you die there are cats there to greet you."
"I don't know anything about that."
"Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"My mother telling me to get up?"
"Do that," he said, his body tensing. "Do it now."
"Will you come and visit me?"
"No."
"Maybe I'll come back here and I'll bring snacks."
"GO!"
She heard a lot of noise, saw something huge and dark, there was screaming and Ke got a lot bigger than he was when she first saw him."
"Come on sleepy head," said her mother. School awaits."
""Okay and I'm naming the new kitten Ke," she said, throwing off the covers.
"Breakfast will be ready in a minute."
Rabbit sat on the edge of the bed and wondered if Ke was okay. She wondered if he was real, or if he was just a dream. Then she laughed and stood up. He as real for sure and she was going back there whenever she could. She wondered if he liked peanut butter and jelly. I mean everyone liked it, right?"
AI generated art from: Pixabay
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