Jobbin made as if to speak but the tall woman bade him rest, also with a finger to her lips, leaving the room and then returning minutes later with tray incl. a bowl of soup that she offered to Johbin, a tasty dish of broth with all sorts of bits in it like frozen mixed vegetables.

In the weeks that followed Johbbin gained back his strength and some mobility. Usually around lunchtime the tall woman came by and one of the servants came with some lunch for them both and while she picked at her food in a disinterested kind of way Johhbin ate it down heartily.

The tall woman narrated her story how she was descended of prisoners who had been sent back to Endland (sic) by somewhere else, how she lived a long time in CATALONIA and how moving back to Endland (sic) she had got a job in retail, later moving to an employ in finance dept. of the Regional Office. It was there (she told him) she got emboiled in the story – noticing that there was some kind of corruption or anomaly to the bookkeeping there that was hiding a flow of money out to somewhere else. She changed her name for security reasons and began a investigation and in that way gathered documents as appropriate and possible but her efforts was discovered and her employment terminated. It was only then that she contacted CENTRAL office to leak a report of her discovery and thus the start of Jahbin’s ineffective mission had begun.

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Once Joabbin had full use of his limbs again he and the tall woman went long walks in the grounds of the Sanatorium (actually just house of tall woman). Tall woman told Jobin her name (Arisha) and they discussed on many topics that are not recorded. Then one day, as the poets say, it came necessary for her (Arisha) to tell him (Jhobim) her plan.

First she ask him if he was willing to help complete his mission to bring down the corruption in the Regional office and Jabim said yes then she ask him if he remember the dream or any dream he had in the coma or whatever and Janebim said yes he remember the long dream about being back in the Regional Office only it was all different etc and how he was staring at the door behind reception etc.

(Arisha) told him he had to go back in the dream – had to train his self to sneak past reception in dream. Only then could he investigate as real world entrance to Office was closed it could only be reach through portal in dream. Jainbin was confused, arguing he was scared to go back in coma for that mission but she (Arisha) reminded him his contract and terms of service that he already agreed.

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Back in deep sleep © at first was nothing like what he expected to find.