As real as you are. Which doesn't mean the same is true of our shambling buddies out there.
[ With the poking around scouting taken care of, he leans against a nearby table, hands flitting this way and that in full lecture mode. ]
If what we’ve been told is true, then all of this is some type of shared dream state. A place where multiple real people can interact and exist within the same unconsciousness. It’s... not unheard of under the right circumstances. [ Ones he knows all too much about. ] And dreams aren’t big on things like logic or coherency. They’re based on the people within them. Their thoughts, experiences... fears.
[ The Attic relied on taking people’s worst nightmares, twisting them into unsolvable puzzles, and taking advantage of the pure energy derived from an unending fight and flight response. There’s no reason to assume similar designs couldn’t be at work. ]
Of course, it's just a theory.
[ A disturbingly plausible and difficult to disprove one, as far as he's concerned, but still. ]
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As real as you are. Which doesn't mean the same is true of our shambling buddies out there.
[ With the
poking aroundscouting taken care of, he leans against a nearby table, hands flitting this way and that in full lecture mode. ]If what we’ve been told is true, then all of this is some type of shared dream state. A place where multiple real people can interact and exist within the same unconsciousness. It’s... not unheard of under the right circumstances. [ Ones he knows all too much about. ] And dreams aren’t big on things like logic or coherency. They’re based on the people within them. Their thoughts, experiences... fears.
[ The Attic relied on taking people’s worst nightmares, twisting them into unsolvable puzzles, and taking advantage of the pure energy derived from an unending fight and flight response. There’s no reason to assume similar designs couldn’t be at work. ]
Of course, it's just a theory.
[ A disturbingly plausible and difficult to disprove one, as far as he's concerned, but still. ]