Gale seems to be working on something in the Embryon's strategy room. Detailed holographic displays of the Tribes' bases come up...Svadhisthana, looking like a beautiful, sprawling Middle Eastern city... Manipura, with its narrow streets and winding alleys... Anahata, a massive walled citadel... He brings up various displays about the key features of each base, the Tribe leaders, the resources. Standard research. Every so often he reaches down to mess with something in his lap, an undetailed lump of fur that is very much asleep.
After a while he pauses, looking over at Cielo, sitting on the couch not too far away, also petting over a lump of fur, in the guise of a black, purring cat with one white ear. But wait a minute. If Cielo is petting the cat, then what is...
Gale looks down properly. Curled up in his lap is a small, sleeping dog-like young creature.
...it has three heads. ------------
[Gale wakes up rather abruptly, confused by this dream. He peeks over...and never saying a word, turns the Dreamberry off.]