My dream last night was bazaar. I dreamed that I was a rodent in a community of rodents, and we all worked at scavenging these tiny flecks of gold. We'd gather them and form long ropes of brittle gold. I knew I was able to communicate with the other rodents but refrained from doing so in order to be more productive in my collecting of gold. The master of the rodents was a man in golden armor. From my rodent perspective these armored men were the size of buildings. But even they obeyed another.

The supreme masters were extraordinarily strange organisms that resembled a sweaty neck attached an electronic plate, anchored magnetically to the wall beside the door. This neck-like entity had a single orifice (like a sphincter) expanding and contracting as the neck curled from side to side overseeing the activity. This being communicated telepathically.

For some reason I wasn't susceptible to the mind control and I tried to convince the other rodents to revolt. My efforts failed to recruit any rodents, but it did draw the attention of the man in the golden armor. I wouldn't be silenced and kept pleading the others to join me; instead they just ignored me and continued collecting the flakes of gold.

The guard brought me to the wall and raised me up to the supreme master. I immediately felt the impact of it's presence and had a powerful urge to gather the gold specs strewn about the floor... my next memory was indeed that.

I gathered enough and forged a small rope before I realized I was under mind control. Instead of weaving it into the collective rope I dragged it to a corner and wound it into a golden disc. My intent was to destroy the supreme master, so I whipped the disc toward the wall, but the master used its power to deflect it back towards me... to kill me.

As the disc ricocheted back, time slowed and I was able to move aside, grabbing the disc in the process and using my center of gravity to swing the disc back with even greater speed. The supreme master was still too powerful and was one again able to deflect the golden disc, but not back in my direction. Instead the disc ended up lodged in the head of the man in the golden armor.

I was remorseful that this person died. As the man collapsed to the ground, the supreme master looked at me. I communicated to it that He (? sexless) was the intended target. Without reaction the supreme master's plate began to slide down the wall towards a communication console at the base of the door (likely to alert others of the escalating problem).

Taking advantage of the moment, I scurried over to the armored man and dug the disc out from his head in order to attack the supreme master again. Just as the neck reached the console, I threw the disc and sliced through the neck, severing the tip.

The sphincter pulsated a few times on the floor. At this time the rodents finally stopped their work. I tried to explain my reasons for trying to break the trend. I foretold of a less subservient and more fulfilling life.

After the sphincter's last pulse, all the doors slammed, the windows shut and the lights went out. There was a brief pause... then the rodents began to shriek. Nothing could be seen but I knew they were attacking one another.

I regretted ever setting them free.