Then Bun and I soon reached our room, and then it wasn’t long after that before we were both fast asleep…; and then while I was asleep I had a dream, and this is how the dream went:

  Bun and I had reached the magic fountain at last!, and so now Bun could put his arm into the water while holding the magic wand!…; and so then Bun removed the wand from the hollow walking stick, and then Bun put his hand that was now holding the magic wand into the magic water, and then suddenly! there were colorful! lights all around Bun!; and then I stared in amazement as the colorful lights all danced around Bun for a while!, and then eventually after a while the lights went away; and so now Bun was still holding the wand, and presumably he was now magically connected to the magic wand!…; and so then I said, “That was amazing!…” and then Bun said, “For sure!…

  And so I guess I should try doing a spell now…; though I’m not sure which spell to start with…” and then I said, “Hmmm…

  Maybe you could try turning that rock over there into a twig?…” and then Bun said, “That sounds simple enough!…” and so then Bun pointed the magic wand at the rock and said, “Become a twig, rock!…” and then the rock instantly turned into a twig!…; and then I said, “Whoa!…

  And so I guess maybe you can already do pretty much any spell that you want to do!…” and then suddenly! a new person stepped into the place where the magic fountain was, and then that person said, “The fun ends here, newbies…; and so just give me that magic wand and nobody will get hurt, okay?…” and then Bun pointed the magic wand at the new person and said, “Transport over to another continent, rude person!…” and then the person chuckled and said, “I already did a spell to protect myself from any spells that anybody might try to cast on me, and so you won’t be able to defeat me like that, Bun…” and then Bun waved the wand and said, “Shell and I are now protected from any spells that this person might try to cast on us!…” and then the person said, “That was a clever move, Bun, but will you let me make my case to you that you should still give me that wand?…” and then Bun said, “I guess it couldn’t hurt to hear you out…” and then I said, “Though Bun and I realize that you might tell lies to us, and so we’re not gonna fall for any tricks or lies because we already know to watch out for them!…” and then the person said, “Blah, blah, blah…

  And, so, anyhoo; a ton of power is a dangerous thing, and those who obtain it usually end up either turning evil or regretting that they ever obtained a ton of power…

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  And so that means that Bun over here is almost certainly going to end up turning evil or regretting how much power he’s gained unless he gives up the power by giving that wand to me…

  And so do you 2 see now?…

  You’re playing with metaphorical fire, and I’m trying to prevent the metaphorical house from burning down!…

  And so how will you decide, Bun?…; and how will you advise, Shell?…” and then I said, “And so which one of those things happened to you then?…

  Did you end up turning evil or regretting that you gained so much power?…

  Or do you expect us to believe that you’re a rare exception to your little supposed rule?…” and then the person said, “I ended up regretting that I gained so much power, which is why I’m trying to help prevent Bun from going down the path that I went down…” and then Bun said, “And so what ended up causing you to regret how much power you gained?…” and then the person said, “That’s a story for another time, since this is just a dream after all…; and so just think about what I said during this dream for a bit, okay?…” and then suddenly! I woke up from the dream!; and then I immediately began wondering whether it had just been a dream or not…; and then as I was thinking I heard Bun’s voice say, “Uhhhhh…

  Shell?…

  Did you just have a dream about a person who was warning us about what gaining a bunch of power could lead to?…” and then I groaned and said, “Dammit…

  Yup…

  I sure did…” and then Bun groaned too; and then Bun said, “And did the person seem to suggest that we’d end up finding out more about what had led to the person regretting the amount of power that the person had gained back in the day?…” and then I sighed and said, “Yup…

  Which leads me to believe that the 2 of us might end up encountering that person in another dream before long, for better or for worse…” and then Bun sighed and said, “Well, fiddlestyx!…

  But it is what it is, I suppose…; and so I guess we’ll just end up discovering whether that person will visit us in our dreams again or not…” and then I said, “Yes indeed…

  We shall see what’ll happen in regards to that mysterious person…; and, for the record, I still don’t trust that person…” and then Bun said, “Agreed!…

  No reason to trust the person right now…; though I suppose that we’ll probably end up hearing more of what the person has to say eventually…” and then I said, “Yeah, it does seem like things are headed towards us hearing more of what the person’ll say, for sure…

  And so since it’s still nighttime should we just go back to sleep now since we’ve figured out that we both had the same dream and we’ve now discussed the dream a bit?…” and then Bun said, “That makes sense!…

  I mean, we don’t wanna be tired all day because of a lack of sleep!…” and so then I said, “Sounds good!…

  I hope that you sleep well!…” and then Bun said, “Thanks!…

  And I hope that you sleep well too!…” and then I said, “Thanks!…” and then the 2 of us stopped speaking, and then before long I was asleep again; and the person who’d been in the dream that Bun and I had had didn’t pop up in any more of my dreams that night…