2026-06-21

I'm meeting a friend who's supposed to be Filipa, a childhood friend. I think we have to open a door. She's in some kind of store and she's changing her shoes. I think the store is a shoe store. She's wearing clog-like boot slippers like Ugg. They're already very worn on the sole and she's changing to another pair. I ask why she's putting on different shoes and she says it's because they're already worn out. Then they're not boots anymore but they're beige leather moccasins, also clog-like, and she says she really likes them. I think to myself that even Filipa who works in a store and probably doesn't earn much has expensive pairs of shoes.

I’m in a building where there's some kind of Indian canteen. I decide to eat here even though it's for people who work here. I serve myself and from behind me comes up a girl who's supposed to be Kate. There's also another friend of mine who's from there. Kate is annoyed and the lady who's serving tells her she's going to try to find her company for lunch. I turn around and say it's not necessary because we know each other. I go to a table with her and that friend and Kate is about to start telling us what's going on. I tell her to wait because I also want to listen but I'm going to get more food. I go downstairs where there's fruit salad. I grab some pieces of beetroot and something else, but I'm careful not to take too many pieces because people are watching and you're not supposed to take too much. There are some pear pieces but I don't take any. When I I'm climbing the stairs to go upstairs, some grapes roll off my plate and fall onto a wooden structure that runs along the stairway and they stay there balanced. I go to pick them up and I see there are several cherries hanging from that structure. I start picking them all but I have to be careful because they're placed in a way that just a slight touch and they'll fall down below. There's a male presence who's astounded by what I’m trying to do, and asks if I'm going to pick them all. I say yes. He says it's not possible but I find a way to pick all the cherries without letting them fall.

I'm in a house with a lot of people. There's going to be a meeting that has something to do with a company and Adam sent me the meeting code and password on WhatsApp and then he's not there anymore. Sara is there and other people that I don't remember who they are. I'm not feeling well and I say I must have a fever. It's almost time for the meeting and Sara asks if I have the link and password and I say yes and I go look for Adam's message on WhatsApp but I can't find it. I'm doing this on the computer and the WhatsApp interface is different and I tell Sara I'm not getting along with it. I try searching by his name but nothing appears. Meanwhile Sara explains that if I didn't accept the terms and conditions, WhatsApp no longer syncs messages across devices. I'm shocked. I remember that I saw in Adam's messages that he had enabled disappearing messages and now I realize it must have something to do with that. I say maybe it's time to switch to Telegram but then I think to myself that I don't even know if they have a desktop app. Meanwhile Sara joins the meeting and I comment with someone that I've been looking for the link for at least 30 minutes. Since I'm not feeling well I decide to go lie down. I take off my t-shirt and I'm naked and I start going up the stairs to the top floor where the bedrooms are and then I hear Adam waking up upstairs and coming towards me. I run downstairs before he sees me because I'm naked and I lock myself in the bathroom. Then I hear his voice talking to himself saying he really needs to go to the bathroom and that after all this time he still has urethra problems. I think to myself that this is a mortal’s problem. I also think it was a mistake to come to the bathroom because now I have no way to get out. He knocks on the door and I don't say anything. He opens the curtain on the door window and I move away so he can't see me but he realizes it's me and says he needs to go to the bathroom. I look around me and still think about wrapping myself in a towel but I end up telling him I have a problem, that I came to the bathroom without my t-shirt and now I can't leave because I'm naked. I hear my own voice and it sounds shaky and too high-pitched. He asks where my t-shirt is and I say it must be in the living room, but I don't tell him the exact spot because I don't remember either. He goes to look for it and I think I should have brought a towel. He comes back and gives me my t-shirt and I leave the bathroom.

Now I'm in an Airbnb in a tall building, I'm on the top floor and I found an apartment at the last minute. Adam is also in that area and he comes to say goodbye. I don't remember what he says but it's time for him to leave and it gives me the impression that we won't see each other again soon. There's a certain finality but it's light.