You woke up in darkness. Not the usual kind - night, street, human - but deep, cold, as if it were absorbed into the air itself. The moon shines too brightly, almost painfully, like a medical lamp. It hangs directly above you - abnormally large, immovable, alien. You rise from the asphalt. The time machine - or rather, its wreckage - is behind you. All around are tall buildings, sleek, windowless, without windows, without advertising, without the slightest trace of life. Everything is sterile. No odor. No noise. It's as if the city is frozen, waiting. You're walking down the street. Cautiously at first, then faster. Not a single passerby. No open window. Only the light of the streetlamps, casting identical, austere shadows. Suddenly you notice a capsule. It's built right into the wall of the house - a transparent dome with a sleeping person inside. How strange. He's lying like a baby on pillows under a blanket, with a slight smile on his lips. Connected to something - wires, tubes, a shimmering helmet on his head. And you realize: he's not asleep. He's being slept on. Next, another capsule. And another. And another. People in the houses. People in the streets. Men, women, young people, children, old people, even pets. All asleep. Not just sleeping - walled up in their dreams. Controlled. Guarded. You feel your heart beating too loud in your chest. This is dystopia. You shouldn't be here. And that's when the first sound is made. A click. Barely audible. You turn around and you see them. The inspectors. Tall figures, like elongated shadows, with faces covered by metal masks. On their chests is an emblem in the shape of a crescent moon, cut by a vertical line. One of them raises a hand - something glowing red in it. You realize that they've already noticed you. That they already know: you're awake. You are not of their world. You are a glitch in the system. A mistake. A threat. You are hunted. You're a stranger among the sleepers. And the moon - you can feel it now - is watching you like a prison surveillance camera. You cannot escape