this morning I fell back asleep, and dreamed that above my head on the bed, Trillian was laying pointing towards me, like if she had really been physically there all of her body would have had to be on the other side of the wall, except her face and front paws. and I woke up, and her paws were in my face, and when I looked, the claws were like 3/4" long, and curved wickedly, like those of a little dachshund whose owner never remembers to trim them. click*click*click*click

I grabbed her paw, and marvelled her claws had grown so long without our noticing, and wondered how she could walk properly without mincing her steps, since Trillian is so big now that had to hurt. then I realized she was letting me inspect her claws, and hold her paw, which meant she must have matured some. but that's not right, so I finally realized I was dreaming, and woke up for real.