skin

I dreamt that I went into this large house. It was dark, with darkened raw wood ceilings and walls. It was spacious with vaulted ceilings, yet it was ? complicated in design or where things were put. There was a woman there and she felt dark as well. She was focused to the point that things outside her almost didn't exist, except for what she wanted to see or focus on. She didn't even see me come into the house, although I didn't try to be seen.  There was a large box made of the same dark raw wood in a room. She went over to it and opened it with purpose. There was a woman in there soaking in water, a fearful woman. She put her hands on the top of the woman's head and split the skin and peeled it off of the woman in one piece. Something about the soaking making it easier. It was awful. I couldn't see the skinless woman, but I could feel her fear and her weakness, and then the strength and uncaring of the other woman which was worse. She then put the other woman's skin on stretching it up over her arms like she was putting on a snug sweater and was completely covered.