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A dream, or?
Jun. 12th, 2021 10:42 pmSo I had this dream last night, and now I’m wondering if it was about something I have actually seen or read, as it was very specific. But my dreams are often very linear, and more like stories, than random things happening.
I dreamt it was the near future where Earth had been invaded by aliens. The aliens looked like humans, both like men and women, but they communicated and nourished themselves through telepathy. When a human being became an adult they were mind-linked to one of these aliens, which was called “patched”. It was not voluntary, but someone who was deemed too ignorant could be rejected and live without being patched. One alien could be patched with several humans, and the more humans they had, the more successful and rich, the alien was. Humans too preferred to be patched to a successful alien, even if they had no choice in that matter. An alien could, through the patching, make a human do whatever they wanted, but they could not remove or change personalities, or make a human-like what they really disliked, and vice versa.
For most humans, the patching was seen as something positive. They went on with their daily life, and though linked with an alien mind it didn’t impact them on a daily basis. If it did it would be helpful. For example, a man whose heater broke was temporarily patched through his alien with a person who was an expert on boilers, giving him the knowledge to fix his boiler instead of buying a new one. A woman who was adopted was patched by a number of people who could help her find her birth mother. When she had found her and was going to meet, her alien recognized the moment as very emotionally lade and instead of feeding on the emotions, she temporarily broke the patching to give the woman privacy.
But even if the aliens were largely beneficial to “their” humans, they also kept some of them physically close, for more direct nourishment. This could mean deciding what a human was to eat, so the alien could “taste” the food through their telepathic contact. Again most aliens tried to keep their humans happy, feeding on their well-being, but there were aliens who did the opposite; tortured and raped their humans and fed on their pain and unhappiness.
And then I dreamt about a young woman who was recently patched with an alien and chosen to be kept close. Her alien was a nice one, but she still had problems with having many of her choices removed from her. She was also close to a woman who was kept by an evil alien, and she was very upset that her nice alien did nothing to intervene.
And there I woke up, with no conclusion. So, is this a thing? Can I read or watch something that will explain how to get rid of these aliens, or is it all in my mind and I need to figure it out myself?
I dreamt it was the near future where Earth had been invaded by aliens. The aliens looked like humans, both like men and women, but they communicated and nourished themselves through telepathy. When a human being became an adult they were mind-linked to one of these aliens, which was called “patched”. It was not voluntary, but someone who was deemed too ignorant could be rejected and live without being patched. One alien could be patched with several humans, and the more humans they had, the more successful and rich, the alien was. Humans too preferred to be patched to a successful alien, even if they had no choice in that matter. An alien could, through the patching, make a human do whatever they wanted, but they could not remove or change personalities, or make a human-like what they really disliked, and vice versa.
For most humans, the patching was seen as something positive. They went on with their daily life, and though linked with an alien mind it didn’t impact them on a daily basis. If it did it would be helpful. For example, a man whose heater broke was temporarily patched through his alien with a person who was an expert on boilers, giving him the knowledge to fix his boiler instead of buying a new one. A woman who was adopted was patched by a number of people who could help her find her birth mother. When she had found her and was going to meet, her alien recognized the moment as very emotionally lade and instead of feeding on the emotions, she temporarily broke the patching to give the woman privacy.
But even if the aliens were largely beneficial to “their” humans, they also kept some of them physically close, for more direct nourishment. This could mean deciding what a human was to eat, so the alien could “taste” the food through their telepathic contact. Again most aliens tried to keep their humans happy, feeding on their well-being, but there were aliens who did the opposite; tortured and raped their humans and fed on their pain and unhappiness.
And then I dreamt about a young woman who was recently patched with an alien and chosen to be kept close. Her alien was a nice one, but she still had problems with having many of her choices removed from her. She was also close to a woman who was kept by an evil alien, and she was very upset that her nice alien did nothing to intervene.
And there I woke up, with no conclusion. So, is this a thing? Can I read or watch something that will explain how to get rid of these aliens, or is it all in my mind and I need to figure it out myself?
