dream sequence - part 18

I was hoping to be in and out, and that no one would even notice that I had left the house. Just when I had worked up the nerve to pass on some tempting snacks, the skies opened up. I thought I’d go outside to wait out the storm, but some smokers had gathered under the overhang, so instead I hovered in a small seating area, trying to look inconspicuous.

It was then that he spoke — not so much to me as to anyone within the sound of his voice: “That’s Colossus. Came from out of nowhere.”

He was staring at an ominous black cloud directly overhead. The building shook from the wind, and the rain fell relentlessly.

“She looks a lot like Lefty, but Lefty tends to develop slowly and stick around. Colossus does her damage and takes off. Before you know it, she’s gone.”