“Bring on the dreams,” he said out loud into the world around him.

“Bring on the dreams,” he said out loud into the world around him.

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Usually, they would get so intense that after a couple of days he would be forced to leave town.

He was haunted by them until he left.

Then, no dreams.

Usually, they would get so intense that after a couple of days he would be forced to leave town. He was haunted by them until he left. Then, no dreams.

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In fact, he rarely dreamed.

When he was in Bounty, the dreams were part of why he felt something was there for him to discover.

In fact, he rarely dreamed. When he was in Bounty, the dreams were part of why he felt something was there for him to discover.

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They had never been this intense outside of Bounty before.

They had never been this intense outside of Bounty before. In fact, he rarely dreamed.

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No, he was done with Bounty.

But the dreams seemed to be saying something different.

No, he was done with Bounty.

But the dreams seemed to be saying something different.

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If he went back, would Bounty leave him alone?

Or would it be the same dusty ghost town continuing to haunt him with more dreams?

If he went back, would Bounty leave him alone? Or would it be the same dusty ghost town continuing to haunt him with more dreams?

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And if The Prospector was honest with himself, the few dreams he’d already had were deeply unsettling.

He wondered what Bounty wanted from him.

And if The Prospector was honest with himself, the few dreams he’d already had were deeply unsettling. He wondered what Bounty wanted from him.

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He didn’t belong in Bounty, and the dreams didn’t belong here in Baja.

None of this was normal.

He didn’t belong in Bounty, and the dreams didn’t belong here in Baja. None of this was normal.

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But that was another lifetime.

He was too old and, frankly, too weak to search for gold now.

But that was another lifetime. He was too old and, frankly, too weak to search for gold now.

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