[ WP ] Dreams have all been tests , and someone finally passed .

`` Did you hear about the one?'' Shelly asked. `` The dreamer?'' 
 
 `` Yeah, my phone blew up this morning.'' replied Mark. `` The first person to pass. Amazing.'' 
 
 `` Where do you think he is?'' asked Shelly. `` The book says that if anyone passes, they transcend. Do you think that's true?'' 
 
 Mark took a sip of his coffee. It burned his tongue, but he quickly swallowed it anyway. `` You know I do n't believe in any of that religious mumbo jumbo, Shell. Hand me the remote, will you?'' 
 
 Shelly reached over and picked up the remote control, and then paused. `` But what does it mean? For us? For everyone?'' 
 
 Mark looked up. `` Probably nothing. C'mon honey, do you feel any different? Turn on the TV, will ya? I want to catch up on the scores from yesterday.'' 
 
 Shelly gave Mark the remote control and sulked away. Mark put his newspaper down and turned the TV on, expecting the news. 
 
 Instead, he was greeted by the beep of an Emergency Broadcast System transmission: 
 
 `` -- -SSAGE FROM THE CDC. DO NOT GO TO SLEEP. WE ARE WORKING ON A CURE. DO NOT GO TO SLEEP. THIS MESSAGE WILL REPEAT EVERY 30 SECONDS.'' 
 
 Mark blankly looked at the screen, got up, and prepared another pot of coffee.
