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Miles is a good kid. Granted, as far as he's concerned, he's not a kid anymore. He's keeping up in school, just made second chair saxophonist in his school's prestigious marching band, and is up for a coveted spot in the Chicago Youth Jazz Quartet. Sprinkle in a girlfriend that's way too hot for him and parents who are way too strict but solid, and he could almost forget the insane dreams he keeps having - the thing, neither human nor nonhuman, that keeps popping up in his life and even worse in his dreams. Kris is everything Miles isn't - rough, raw, and assertive, with his heart set on a rap career. When Kris moves into Miles' neighborhood, the two form a deep brotherhood, bonding over their love for music, and turning themselves into a two-man rap group. Kris gives Miles permission to grow up, while Miles gives Kris permission to dream. And when their first song goes mini viral on Soundcloud, the two promise to see it to the top together. But Miles' dreams get consistently worse - now he can see the figure, and he demands Miles make an impossible choice - to choose between saving the life of his girlfriend or that of his new best friend, Kris. When Miles decides not to decide, Kris dies suddenly. But, in reality, Kris has been dead the entire time. While Miles relived his friendship with Kris, working through his grief and wrestling with his image of God, his family and friends played along with his hallucinations on recommendation of his doctor. Miles faces off with the monster of his dream one final time, and realizes the choice of who lives and who dies was never his to make, but only his to learn to live with.
