Alain had been having such strange dreams as of late.
At first, he'd attempted to ignore them. Business carried on as usual, and there were no unusual clients. Just as an old sailor always knew when a storm was coming, so too did Alain know when one of his special customers was going to show up. This was not one of those times.
He wasn't the sort to dream, at least not in coherent thoughts. In fact, he didn't even
sleep as humans slept. In his case, it was more a state of being differently conscious, and it happened whenever he had the time to sit quietly by himself.