i think our dreams only take a few seconds to happen, even when they seem long & complicated
in this one, i was walking in a sunlit park with an unseen friend, besides a large level expanse of lawn backed by dark trees
i caught sight of my parents walking side-by-side across the grass & looking very happy & relaxed
surprisingly, they looked younger, perhaps in their early forties, and rather prosperous ... well-dressed & well groomed
and i said to my invisible friend something like ...
"i know they are only ghosts, but would you mind if we just stop and watch them until they fade away ?"