((Then what am I thinking of? I do dream lucidly, and in color and sound, touch, taste, all of it.))

((sounds the same as i dream except for the controlling thing. i never control my dreams. never really cared to. i enjoy just watching it play out. even when i’m aware i’m dreaming, which isn’t very often or for very long, i can’t control anything.))

Li’l Raven:[face twists in unusual anger] Why would she want to do that? I bet he was just defending himself.

Dyani: She never liked Eithne. I think she ah scared of him. And she thinks the Keepers would get mad at us for having a fire demon.

((I would say that you are thinking of "vivid" dreams, Steph. Those are the ones that seem very, very real. you realize, in your dreams, that they are dreams, then? ))

((i do sometimes. in flashes. like when the location of a dream is familiar i think "i’ve had this dream before" then i lose awareness.))

Kethe: *shrugs* the spider is my friend. *blank look* I have no idea who those people are. If you know and can find the one, though, Keenan can tell you where he can find Coyote. and if you will tell me about the other, I can always occupy someone. *somewhat wicked smirk*

Ethaniel Aldaine is her father. Kee’s met him, though he didn’t leave a name. Beige is a shifter like Coyote, about a year older than her, light haired, muscular. he’s a good enough sort, open and friendly when he can be. they were friends once, but he’s completely loyal to the man hunting her. please don’t hurt him. you need to occupy him without holding him against his will or letting him know he’s being occupied. if that happened both he and Aldaine would get in trouble. just getting him lost would probably be best.

((You are close to lucid dreaming, then. ))

((i could probably do lucid, but i don’t really want to so therefore i can’t. i enjoy not having to be in control. it makes it more fun for me. my mind comes up with fun scenarios all on its own without my help. i write stories consciously all the time. it’s nice to not have to do it subconsciously as well.))

Kethe: and what is her father’s intent towards her, then?
why will he or Aldaine get into trouble if either is held against their will? ...getting someone lost is easy enough, if less amusing. I would expect him to be punished more severely for getting lost, however, than tangling with a random inhabitant.

Ethaniel’s supposed to be trying to talk her into surrendering. really, he just wants to make sure she’s all right. Beige isn’t supposed to let the duke out of his sight. he’s "protecting" him officially, making sure he doesn’t join his daughter in running technically. King Malloren uses Aldaine, needs him even, but he doesn’t entirely trust him. so if Beige gets obviously waylaid somewhere things won’t go well for Aldaine. as for accidentally getting lost, well, that’s his own fault, not someone trying to pull something on him, and he’s not going to mention being lost to anyone.

((You also said that you don’t often have nightmares. All of my lucid dreams have started out as nightmares. ))

((two, maybe three ever in my life, and only one i remember. if that’s the way to lucid dreaming, i am not envious at all.))

Kethe: mm. *strokes Rune’s ears*

((I don’t know if it is for most people. it’s just how it seems to work with me. I have sinister dreams, though, and occasional nightmares. If you want Keenan to maze Aldaine to Coyote at any point, let Kethe know.))

((i would, but i don’t know where they are. they’ve all gotten pretty faint. i know they’re still in the Woods somewhere, but i can’t be sure where. if they resurface i’ll tell him.))

((Ok. sleep well. ))

((I do know. I usually only think about it when something doesn’t happen that I know I should be able to do. I get kind of irritated and sort of say out loud "This is my dream, you will do what I tell you to." I used to dream in slow motion - me, that is; everyone else was in regular speed. I didn’t like that. I hated being invisible. So I started working at controlling my dreams. I really liked being able to fly. Unfortunately, as I grew older it stopped being flying and started being just jumping really high. If I was ever being chased by someone I would just jump into the air and almost literally walk out of the dream. I knew no one could follow me. It was my dream, so I was the only one allowed to do that. I became really freaked out a couple years ago when I went up into the air from a particularly terrifying nightmare involving someone wanting to murder me and the man followed me into the air. I kept going higher and he kept following me. It didn’t help that I couldn’t seem to get my body to wake up. =/))

Li’l Raven: [still doesn’t like her] He’s not bad. He’s jus’ a baby!

Dyani: She ah not a very nice lady. If it ahn a dog, she dains like it. She dains even like her husband much I think.

((That is pretty cool, Steph. ^_^ I’ve never had a flying dream. I usually manage to escape the people trying to kill me in my dreams without realizing I am dreaming. In a way, I think I like not having control.))

((never? i’ve had every kind of flying dream imaginable. i had one just last month.))

Li’l Raven: She’s strange.

((nope. never ever. Never had a flying dream, never had a sex dream. I’ve had only one naked dream that I can remember... so I don’t get "classic" dreams, aparently. ))