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Days of Lovers Past

Winterfell came to me in a bright sunny day Where innocence ran rampant And dreams were those that held a child’s mind together He proclaimed his love and devotion to me In a way an unadulterated boy would And I was taken by his sincerity And promised my heart to him Longsilver appeared to me not in a blaze of glory Nor as a knight in shining armour But as quiet as the calm of the river Yet as gentle as the summer’s breeze Aided me when I was lost In a world so different as mine Became my guidance and my eyes Though our journey together was sudden and brief And lost within the sands of time Clairvoyance swept past my defenses When Winterfell’s promise reneged Childish and innocent, yet full of life Clung to me like a boy would a sister Admired me like a child would to a hero Blossomed within my heart like a flower would to the sun But our two hearts were not meant to be as one As the truth struck fear to his innocence A careless word And he was nevermore

The Experiment

In the summer of 2003, a pharmaceutical company created a new product in their line of sleep aid; it was an altered form of Melatonin, a natural hormone found in animals and plants that helps regulate circadian rhythms and promotes sleep. The scientists chemically altered this compound to produce faster, more efficient results, the first phase of testing of this product was done w ith fourteen volunteers, the first seven were given normal Melatonin, and the other seven patents were given the experimental altered version. They were to report the results every day after waking up. During the first week of results showed that the patients using the experimental Melatonin fell asleep 45% faster then the other patients, but their state of sleep was slightly different, they were entering REM sleep much faster and experiencing it much longer, and had much more vivid dreams then the other patents. During the next week of testing two patents using the experimental drug experien