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Do you want to hear a secret?
Hey there, Wake. Do you want to hear a secret?
It's about your dreams. Did you realize you're having a dream right now? Yes I mean right now, as you're reading these words. This is all a part of a dream. Look around - for real, stop reading for a second and take a good look at where you are. I know it all looks very familiar. It seems real. And that's because it is real. But you're not in the waking world right now, you're in the Dreaming.
You'll spend a third of your life wandering the misty streets of the Dreaming. Lots of stuff happens here - stuff you won't remember when you wake up. You'll just have a vague impression of where you've been, a jumble of images and emotions. That's why I'm going to tell you the secret. You're not going to remember it later. So enjoy it while it lasts. Ready?
All the people you see in dreams, they're real people too, others that are wandering the Dreaming. Some of them are having a dream, just like you. But some of them - they are the Dreams. They go on existing even after you awaken. You didn't just dream them up. They have their own lives. They live in a society you visit every night but cannot remember.
You are a vehicle
The Dreaming is full of spirits: living beings who lack a body. Sometimes, while you're asleep, one of these dream spirits will inhabit your body. It might be the spirit of a Vision, one of the people native to the Dreaming. But Visions aren't the only people who live there. There are a lot of creatures which people in the waking world think are imaginary. Like faeries, ghosts, and gods. They weave an awful lot of your dreams. One of these people might spend a few hours every week hanging out inside your head.
These days, a lot of the spirits are actually monsters. If they inhabit your body, and on a long enough timeline they certainly will, they will try to slay the other Dreams. As the years go by, if the monsters win, they will gradually replace our dream world with theirs. And in that nightmare, there shall be no rest, no inspiration, and no hope. Those that dream will not feel rested when they awaken, and the Waking World will become a nightmare as well.
