I started off with a pretty normal dream. Partway through, however, everything stopped, as though someone had hit the “pause” button on the dream. A loud static sound filled my ears. A male voice began talking to me. I listened, but the language was unintelligible.

“I’m sorry,” I said. “I can’t understand what you’re trying to tell me. Can you show me instead?”

The voice stopped. The dream resumed. A white tabby cat with gold markings appeared. I somehow knew it was the voice I’d been hearing. I tried to follow it, but quickly became lost in the dream again. I never did find out what I was supposed to have heard.