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I had a dream last night about a vampire. This might seem like an ordinary nightmare to some folks, but for me it is utterly bizarre. I never have dreams or even think about vampires.

As usual with dreams, there was no context, it just happened. The setting was an old church that had been converted to some kind of boarding house. I was either living there or else working there as the cook or something. I was the one who first realized that one of the guests was in fact a dangerous vampire. For some reason he revealed himself to me as he went up to his room. It was morning (of course, he was going to sleep for the day I guess) and the other residents were all out at work or school. I determined to protect everyone by locking the vampire in and closing off access to the top floor where his room was. I did this, somehow (never mind the fact that vampires can supposedly slip through the tiniest of openings, like keyholes or cracks) and waited for the residents to return. As each arrived (they were all furries of various sorts) I explained the situation and warned them to stay on the ground floor until we could solve the problem. After everyone was there, I decided to go outside and examine the exterior of the building to see how secure it was. The vampire was visible as a shadow at the window of his room, and he threw something at me. It missed, and when it hit the ground it split into two pieces. It was a glass globe, like a fancy paperweight, with a swirling red design in the glass. I carried this back inside, wondering what the significance of it might be, if it had any. We started a discussion of what to do next, and about then I woke up.

It was 2:30 am. I was not frightened, as I might be on waking from a scary dream, but more puzzled because the nature of this one was so different from what I usually get. I lay awake for about an hour before finally falling asleep again.

Oddly, and I'm sure without any connection to this, I learned this morning that