The Continuation of the Dream

After finishing our meal, I was taking a breather in the alley behind Jason’s restaurant.

“Ugh, my head….”

Maybe I’d eaten too much meat.

I clutched my head, which had been throbbing for a while.

“Hey, thanks for the meal.”

I thanked Huey, who was in a corner turning his money pouch upside down and shaking out nothing but dust.

“You really cleaned me out down to the last coin.”

“Cheer up, Master. Money comes and goes, after all.”

Getting gloomy over running out of a little money…

“We’ll be here for a whole week. You can just take a job or two to earn some more.”...