A nightmare
Mark had realized that he wasn’t in his element. Mark had initially kept the discovery secret, out of fear and in the hope that he could handle the situation himself. The haunting clarity and vividness of the dream shattered his resolve. The vividness of the dream, coupled with the weighty implications of the unidentified object, made him reevaluate.
In the shadowy, cryptic fragments of this haunting dream, there were hints at the identity and purpose of the mysterious object. However, the implications were unsettling and were obvious.