J]úlio Césa
r stands_;^ on th!$e ledge +of a 20-story buildin#:]g 
po%ised =*to jump whe*]n he's sudden=l/.y ; ;_joined by a^ myste[#@riou_s, disheveled strang ,e*)r, a "dre:!a,?/mseller," whose mi! [ssion is to co: :nvince peopl?e to l*ov! e life. *A philo\sophi`*cal dia
/logu+?)e fo(llows *a-s ^` t he stranger[#.= talks Julio down from the)+@ %?ledge an+_ (d invites him to bec^.ome a;@: dreamsell;er. A`t\ first J.;?ú!(;lio v(iews the journ@ey a)s [+]a "sociol_ogi\?_%.cal expe[\riment," but he soon begins to belie;%ve. O!#\thers j@:oin,+;. and ;^ #th/e "band of misfi??ts" under+ the[% t%(utelag[/?e= ,
of t[/he dre #amsel?ler visit[ sites  _as ; d;i\v@%erse as a r \etirement( _ ho me ;an
d a fune;!.ral, delivering a lesso`n each place. The dreamseller poi[nts out the m!adness in modern]-= society 

and invites\ [%/ot =hers t:o embra^ce his ideals. A\]s his (influence?% grows, detractor?s emerge, but he has an answ]/er for everyone, unti [l :!Megasoft, th;(/e ]/ corpor.ate ?:mono)(lith and a fav;ori$te target of,(. the dreamseller, /=for( ces hi$!m into] a co:r_ner.