Had a quick chat with the lord of that manor over the [thing] he sent to me via a very circuitous route. Let it slip about the not-aliens being up to shenanigans again. “You know which ones are friendly to you and which ones aren’t. You are not helpless, you know. You can always eject from a daydream.”
Hmm.
He has a point.
I should stop letting fear draw the boundaries of my life.
Drop in on the daydream I’ve been avoiding. Shenanigans happened. *It burns! Make it stop! Make it stop! Make…*
Wake up in Esse’s chambers. I’m on his examination table again. Mostly naked and shivering. “When did this happen to your arm and face?” Face? What happened to my face?
Oh. Wrong question. What happened that crossed three realms? (Manor, Daydream, Nine Worlds)
Can always eject from a daydream, he said. Able to keep control, he said. Just a daydream, he said. It’s going to take a while before this shattered shoulder heals.