a young man was laying half-unconscious on the leaf-filled earth of a forest.
"get up", a small voice ordered him to do.
dusting off the now-dirty sap green shirt and his black jeans, he stood up and turned around to where the mysterious person would be.
a young woman with dark brown hair, pale bark eyes, orchid-pink lips, skin as white as bone, and weeping hands, stood before him.
the man quickly recalled who she was.
"..sienna?"
"it's nice to have you back, robert", she said with a soft smile on her face.
there were so many words rushing through robert langdon's head, he couldn't form a sentence.
"what...how...aren't you-"
sienna cut him off before he could continue his gibberish.
"technically, yes, i am dead. but that doesn't matter right now."
he had calmed and was now actually able to say something.
"...what do you mean 'that doesn't matter right now'?"
"you'll see."
she turned towards a dark path in the woods.
"follow me", she ordered, once again.
robert hesitated at first, but curiosity pressured him to follow the lady.
he went with her.
she dragged him along, walking into the woods deeper and deeper, and the path turning into a terrifying, dark, tight way.
the young man sienna had gripped by the arm certainly didn't feel good about it.
"where are you leading me?", he inquired in a shaky voice.
"don't worry,
you'll see."
see what??
suddenly, sienna started running.
"wait no, slow down—"
faster.
"sienna—"
and faster.
"NO, SIENNA—"
and faster into the complete darkness.
"SIENN—"
a blinding, white light and high-pitched noise shattered the picture.
robert langdon woke up, trying to catch his breath.
he turned his head towards the window.
it's dark out.
while he was turning the night lamp on, robert noticed a figure sitting on the armchair opposite of the bed.
"what just happened?"
"i got us out of your dream", it replied.
it was sienna.
"how come you're still here?"
"well, that's one of the questions i don't know how to answer-
i just kind of am here."
like a spirit, robert thought.
disturbing.
he examined her for a second.
a prussian blue trench coat draped over her physique, as if she was wearing a wrap, like the women in ancient rome. the only difference being that her coat was out of thicker material.
underneath, a white shirt was loosely fitting her body. it seemed like it was made out of silk.
dark blue leggings wrapped around her legs, only reaching to her slingback wedge shoes.
hm. something is missing.
thanks to robert's eidetic memory, he can remember everything and every detail.
the last time he saw her she wore a golden necklace, with a small teardrop-shaped artifact connected to it. strangely, it had vanished.
robert brushed the thought off of his mind.
"so...you're going to stay here now?", he finally asked.
"well, if you don't mind...", she shuffled around nervously.
an awkward silence filled his bedroom.
"you're a ghost?"
"perhaps. i..."
suddenly, sienna got up from the chair and walked over to his side of the bed, sitting down beside him.
she took his hand.
it didn't go through hers. apparently she had a fully physical form.
"looks like i'm not", sienna exclaimed.
"then how are you..."
robert fell silent for a moment.
"...you know what? we'll talk this over in the morning."
"agreed,
but where am i supposed to sleep?"
"there's a guest room."
"oh, okay..."
there was something so embarrassing in their encounter.
she got up from the bed.
"..good night"
"good night.", he replied.
sienna left the room and closed the door on the way out.
robert turned onto his back and exhaled deeply.
he tried his best to ignore all the questions he had.