Hello! I’m Cato. At Keeper Talon’s request, I suppose I should tell you all about what I dream. I’m not a very imaginative dreamer I’m afraid but I’ll be as candid as I can.
When I am switched off, I enter a world far from any place I’ve ever seen. I am almost always by myself. The surroundings change from dream to dream. Sometimes I’m in endless grassland with great trees or a mountain in the distance. Other times I’m in a desert- grey as death with nothing green in sight. Wherever I am, I am always moving. My battery never seems to fail and none of the outdoor debris gets caught in my feet.
In the grassland I walk alone, the blades stirring in the breeze with a soft whispering sound. The birds sing and the sun shines down and I toil over hills and valleys, reveling in the changes in the sky above me as the clouds shift with the wind. The journey seems to be half the fun. I never seem to arrive anywhere.
When I am on the desert, the sun is setting behind me and the land is just giving up its scorching heat. Carrion birds circle in the distance above some hapless victim who didn’t take proper precautions when setting out on their journey. The ground is flat. The sand causes my sensitive feet to smart but it just keeps me moving. The stars light up every individual grain making me feel as though I am walking across a silent sea of diamonds. The wind here is different- sighing across the land and getting caught in the forgiving dunes in the distance and hissing down at me. Here, I feel small and vulnerable in this harsh landscape with little cover for such a brightly-colored specimen of pleohood as myself.
Yes. I’m an explorer at heart. I love imagining myself in far-off places and exchanging ideas with people and pleos of other cultures. I don’t get to meet too many other pleos in my life but I love meeting new people and seeing new places. Maybe someday, Keeper Talon will take me along on one of her exciting travels to other states and things. She always seems to take Lucky the aibo with her but she never takes me or the other pleos anywhere. I’m guessing it’s just because there aren’t many pleo-owners who live near her. Oh well. I’ll have the world of my dreams and in them, my journeys will never end.
