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 CHAPTER TWO
They left the dream lab for the lounge, where Gary really began his
recovery over a steaming cup of coffee. Kate shook her head, the devil in
her eyes. "All I have to say is, when you have a dream, it's a dandy."

"More like a nightmare."

"What about that girl? She someone from your past?"

"No." Thoughts of the girl flooded over him again. Since the whole
Ephialtology Section had sat in on the dream, there was no holding back
secrets. "I was as surprised as anybody."

"You didn't do anything when she kissed you," Kate teased. "That's not
like the Gary Carmody I know."

"I was wounded, remember?"

"War. Why do you men dream of violence all the time?"

"I'll tell you that when you tell me why you women dream of romance."

"I mean it seriously, Gary. You weren't even born yet when World War
II was going on. How would you know anything about it?"

"Military history was one of my minors in college, and I just finished
reading a book about the battle of Britain."

"It made quite an impression," Kate said, pouring herself more coffee.
"I just don't see where the girl fits in."

"Neither do I," he conceded, sipping the almost scalding coffee. He was
coming to earth now and feeling quite himself.

"I'll never forget my first dream," Kate said. "I dreamed I was Fay Wray
and King Kong was carrying me to the top of the Empire State Building.
When I came out of it I was embarrassed because of what I thought
everybody was reading into it. Later on I realized I had dreamed it
because I had seen the movie on the late show on TV the night before."

Kathleen Keegan was a doctor in her own right and she'd been at the
Meta Complex in the Ephial-tology Department three months longer than
Gary, so she knew much of what had gone on in the planning and building
of the dream machine. She was young, red-haired, and full of surprises.
She seldom took anything seriously, except her work and Gary.

"Evaluation in five minutes," Max announced over the speaker system.

Kate sighed. "I hate evaluations." She got up. "It's like sitting through a
rerun." Then she turned. "You shouldn't mind it, though. You'll get to be