For a while, I've been reading posts by people who've had dreams related to the 'verse, and been kinda bitter about the fact that I wasn't one of them. Well, I had my first Firefly dream, and it was really something. Essentially, I dreamed that I was watching a new episode of Firefly.

In the beginning, I was sitting in a huge, carpeted room with greenscreens for walls with a handful of other fans. We were there waiting for a screening of a new episode. My dream got a bit fuzzy after that; I wound up in some sort of a theater watching. I can't remember much about the vast majority of the episode; I have the vague impression that they were doing a heist of some sort, and part of the crew was captured.

The last scenes, though, were some of the most incredibly vivid bits of dreaming I've ever experienced.

The part I remember clearly begins with Kaylee alone, flying Serenity. She looks like an inexperienced driver, white-knuckled and nervous. But she's clearly got a mission, and she's determined. She's flying low, in atmo over a huge city. It's dark out, and looking out from the bridge you can see the city lights laid out in a brightly moonlit night. The whole scene is beautiful and has almost a fantasy look to it.

The next scene shows Zoe and River, heavily armed and moving up the stairs of a vast building that feels like a sports stadium. They are in shadow and moving quietly; they are preparing for an assault, but they don't want their presence known yet.

The camera fades out and shows a troubled Simon, carrying a bomb. He's alone and looks uneasy but sure of his actions. He's in the same building, moving between shadows in a vast concrete backstage area. It's not shown, but you know he's part of the plan and that he's going to have to set off the bomb in order to help rescue the others.

Then the camera starts moving slowly as a contemporary song begins. You can't make out the lyrics. It's a woman's voice, and the music is peaceful and sad, but somehow uplifting and comforting and the same time.