Archie stared at the scantily clad woman as she spoke and all but mesmerized him for the fleeting moments of her speech.  She spoke of respite and regaining something that he’d lost...how would she know he’d lost the locket? His mind pondered as he paused in his shoveling of scrambled eggs and hash browns into his gob. The Captain was starting to think this was all real until the woman said ‘the decision is entirely yours to conclude’ and then a slow broad smile covered his lips and he chastised himself inwardly for being clever enough to let himself realize even in the dream, it was a dream! But he could play along, there was nothing to lose.<br/><br/>He put his fork down on his plate and balanced his elbows on the table and steepled his hands together in front of him and kept the smile on Eve.  “It is a pleasure to meet you, Eve and yes, I’m Archie.”  Apparently he’d given his dream girl the gift of mind reading as well. “I appreciate the hospitality...very much.”  His blue eyes never varied from Eve when he said, “So all I have to do is let you know what it is I have lost and need back and then I can have it and be on my way? Is that how it works?” This was better than abracadabra, the Arabian Knights had nothing on this dream!<br/>