FADE IN
Act 1
INT. BEDROOM - 07:30
Waking up, PETER checks the time.
PETER (V.O.): I've dreamt again, chains of dreams.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've forgotten what they're all about.
Peter researches with his smart phone.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): We spend about 25 years sleeping, and within which, 6 years or more on dreaming.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): While dreaming, it seems to me that time move slower.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And I've been wondering if two or more people could have the same dream.
Act 2
INT. STUDY - 10:15
Peter is researching with his smart phone.
PETER (V.O.): That we perceive dreams as happening slower than our waking life is because our brain has edited the uneventful scenes.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): That might well be the reason why we can't remember our dreams apart from the most emotional ones.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I was young, waiting for something to happen like a school picnic was like waiting forever.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): As a senior now, time passes quicker.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I was young, a day was of a much larger percentage than than a day in my old life.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I married again at age 39, I was 10 years older than my wife. Now, our age difference percentage has become smaller.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Biologically, our body chemistry is affected as our metabolism slows down with age.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): As to possibility of two or more people sharing the same dream, there hasn't been any controlled scientific investigations.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But it's conceivable if they're in close relationships likes spouses.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But individuals differ in their mood and memories. No brain states are identical, even for twins.
Pondering.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): A question having poetic or philosophical quality is whether all that we perceive is a dream within a dream?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Have we awakened not out of sleep but into a prior dream?
Pondering.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And that prior dream lies within another prior dream...
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): If so, one might have never truly awakened...
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Zhuanzi's "Bufferfly Dream" has been resonating in my mind.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Zhuang Zhou dreamt that he was a butterfly, thoroughly enjoying himself. Awakened, he found that he was vaguely himself.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): While the transitory character of things may sound transcendent, quantum particles eg electrons can be in two places at once
Act 3
INT. BEDROOM - 22:00
Peter goes to bed.
PETER (V.O.): To tell whether I'm dreaming or not, I've been practising reality checks.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And I've found that reality checks have become a habit even in my dreams.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): If what I perceive is too good to be true, I know I could be dreaming.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): If I what I perceive is pretty ordinary, I could be awake. And I know I'd better make them extraordinary.
Peter sleeps.
THE END
FADE OUT
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