we are picnicking with family and friends at a long wooden picnic table near a beach.

then, these three birds — vertically entangled in a thin chain — gently float down over to us, and I say to someone, "hey we should free them!" and I reach for it, as it had fluttered over to me. i see they are connected to the chain by their legs and claws.

the first is a large raptor, i easily unchain it and it flies away; the second is a mid-size seagull, and also easily take the chain off its leg; the last one is the smallest, a brown bird; they all fly away happily, the moment they are free.

after this, without a word i walk over to the rocky beach nearby where some boys are playing and making a sort of fort on the smooth rocks by the water; i ask them "is this your house?" one of them says yes. i walk further down to the water and waves to look, and it occurs to me that i want to go for a swim and freedive; i walk on the rocks back to the sandy part of the beach, where a fisherman and his little son are setting up; i kick off my slippers, and walk back onto the rocky beach and slip into the water, looking down at the depths; after a bit, i feel the powerful undercurrent taking me out to sea, and so i turn around and swim back against that strong current, freediving once to look at what's down there.

the water is clear, and i can see the incoming current and let a wave helpfully wash me back up to the rocky beach, where i find my slippers near the fisherman; i say thank you to him for some reason, and he says something kind to me in return, and i make my way back up to where the picnic is.

as i walk back i realize i have my wired earbuds in my left shorts pocket all this while and i worry that i had damaged them when i went swimming/diving. i take them out and put them on and am surprised to hear music emerging from it but my phone is not with me, and i am relieved it still worked. then the music stops (as if i had walked away from the music source) and put the earphones back in my pocket.