"What!?", Anne finally asked after observing that the stranger had been looking at her for almost a minute now.



"Nothing. It's just that I recognise you from somewhere", said the stranger and looked down and started sipping his coffee again.



Anne looked down at her own mug of coffee in her hands. Now that she thought of it, it seemed like she had seen this man somewhere recently. But she couldn't remember where. She shrugged and picked up her purse from the table and walked out of the coffee shop thinking about the stranger. She walked back to her alone empty room above the daycare where she worked for. The pay was extremely little so she couldn't afford one meal of the day. She got under her sheets and stared at the star through her window. She had seen that star for the first time yesterday.



She was standing on a cliff. Behind her was an extremely beautiful jungle filled with colourful flowers and birds, any of which she couldn't recognise. Infront of the cliff was the most beautiful beach she's ever seen having sunrise. She was taking in the beauty of this place when suddenly a voice spoke, "Hello again, Anne."



She turned around and saw the stranger she had met in the coffee shop.



Now she remembered where she had seen him. Yesterday night she had dreamed this dream too. She and him met on the cliff and talked about themselves. His name was Barry and he was a science teacher.



Suddenly, from the bushes of the jungle, they saw two big round eyes staring at them. When the brown eyed creature was about to come out, her alarm went off and she woke up.



"I guess somehow our dreams are connected", said Barry.

"Yes, I think so too", Anne replied.



The bushes rustled and they turned around and gasped. Out came a gigantic Griffon, the size of a car.



"Hello humans, my name is Ennin", he said.



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