#earthrunes

"Ah, yes... so, in the ambulance?"

"I wondered if he was a man of faith, and to some degree he was, he began to ramble about a tunnel of light... I heard music, quite lovely. I thought this man's faith is inspiring his imagination.. oh but dear kith sister, that was not the best part. They wheeled him in, and began to operate, and he dreamed himself out of his own body ! A tempory chimera to transpose himself in"

"How delightful!"

"I know, I confess, I positively gushed. It was like his wraith was getting practice while still alive. We had a lovely talk, and as we talked, he created other chimerical effects. When a Chimera of SIR Terry Pratchett appeared carrying a scythe and sat down to talk with us"

"Nay!" Eagerly leaning forward.

"Is truth. Behold. I kept it" greedyily she reaches into her lady's bag and pulls for a chimera in the shape of Sir Pratchett's best known hat

Zara claps her hands together in a near-silent bout of applause.

She is offered the hat to touch, "I think the man was not a regular dreamer, our dear dying fellow who recovered, but near death itself may have levatated him. It bears study does it not? "

"It does. And, of course - encouragement? More Dreamers are always good."

"I do not know if he will remain such," She admits "But I intend to follow up and see if it lasts. I thought I knew all I really needed to know of mortal passing, but clearly twas hubris"

"Remember, there is always something we don't know. What a boring world it would be, bereft of mysteries!"

"Aye, and experts do not remain such by resting on their laurels" She nods "I have begun reading on near death clarity moments as well. Dementia patients with abrupt lucidity right before death and so on. What if near death should one day lead a cure? "

"That is a notion..."

"Just so," A sip "And a lightening of banality near death might also explain ancient tales of dying men having visions of fair maidens gazing at them from river depths, or seeing valkries on battlefields"

"Death is quite a shock to the system, to complacency..."

"Yes, it forces insight and introspection at the least. I think a look into historical legends of those dying will be on my must do list soon" A sip "Ah, but I hog the converse. Tacky of me. "

"Not at all! I inquired."

"It is so nice to talk to someone who understands the importance of passings"

(Fade to tea and polite converse of the works of Terry Pratchet and more)