hearthebell: (I might only have one match)
hearthebell ([personal profile] hearthebell) wrote 2022-01-15 09:21 pm (UTC)

It happens that I've been studying this.

[More than observing a sleeping body, more akin to the work of the disciples who could retrieve a dreamer in trouble. Almost as though he guessed he might need it. Who needs the gift of prescience when they have deductive reasoning on his level?]

I'll need a proper connection to your mind. Think of it as a tether or a lifeline, so that you don't drown or get eaten while you're "only" dreaming.

[A pet peeve of his has always been underestimating or minimizing a known risk. He's glad that Paul asked him, glad that the teenager had that vital wisdom.]

It goes without saying that I won't let that happen.

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