[Dreamwalking is a difficult art form to master. L likens it to trying to jump from one interlocked gear or nearby merry-go-round to the next. It's not impossible, but good timing is a necessity, and stepping intentionally is a part of that.
Because he was kicked from his own dream so suddenly, however necessary his removal, it has resulted in scrambling to recover nearly constantly with every dream he's since entered. This might as well be a primer for how not to dreamwalk safely, one he'll learn from, but for now, he's still very vulnerable, and figuratively stumbling or hitting his shins from one jump to the next is just the least of it.
He's afraid of any dreamer he drops in on waking up. Some experienced dreamwalkers can probably time their own waking to coincide with the warning signals, but this is L's first journey of this punishing length and intensity. Nearly a full week into his wandering, his body in the waking world is overtaxed, along with a mind that has been running constantly in REM and shredding him in other ways.
If the Emperor woke suddenly and stranded him here until the next time he dreamed, it would be bad for him and prolong something already straining his limits. But the Emperor could be considering this, too, and if he is... he realizes that it wouldn't exactly work in his favor either. Desperate people can do a lot of damage in a tight space with precious things on full display. Desperate people like L can accomplish it triple-fold, at least.]
I see.
[King of Somewhere, and somewhere includes here. It is a memory, so may or may not exist anymore, but he wants it unbroken.]
It's a deal, Tisketkenchak-Folgraboto.
[And a challenge. He wouldn't have thought of this himself, so the things that he can usually rely on will require some heavy improvising, at least. Exhausted as he is, the notion of that kind of challenge gets his blood going, like it always does, like nothing else in the universe can.
He believes that he is intended to follow. He does, though that hazard striping gives him pause. He's bold, not suicidal, and off the map he has no choice but to trust Paul's "Captain."
Still better than anyone's "God."]
You should know that any help you can give me will only allow me to move on faster.
[It's his way of incentivizing the self-serving ask: what am I looking at, sans welcome mats or convenient signage?]
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Because he was kicked from his own dream so suddenly, however necessary his removal, it has resulted in scrambling to recover nearly constantly with every dream he's since entered. This might as well be a primer for how not to dreamwalk safely, one he'll learn from, but for now, he's still very vulnerable, and figuratively stumbling or hitting his shins from one jump to the next is just the least of it.
He's afraid of any dreamer he drops in on waking up. Some experienced dreamwalkers can probably time their own waking to coincide with the warning signals, but this is L's first journey of this punishing length and intensity. Nearly a full week into his wandering, his body in the waking world is overtaxed, along with a mind that has been running constantly in REM and shredding him in other ways.
If the Emperor woke suddenly and stranded him here until the next time he dreamed, it would be bad for him and prolong something already straining his limits. But the Emperor could be considering this, too, and if he is... he realizes that it wouldn't exactly work in his favor either. Desperate people can do a lot of damage in a tight space with precious things on full display. Desperate people like L can accomplish it triple-fold, at least.]
I see.
[King of Somewhere, and somewhere includes here. It is a memory, so may or may not exist anymore, but he wants it unbroken.]
It's a deal, Tisketkenchak-Folgraboto.
[And a challenge. He wouldn't have thought of this himself, so the things that he can usually rely on will require some heavy improvising, at least. Exhausted as he is, the notion of that kind of challenge gets his blood going, like it always does, like nothing else in the universe can.
He believes that he is intended to follow. He does, though that hazard striping gives him pause. He's bold, not suicidal, and off the map he has no choice but to trust Paul's "Captain."
Still better than anyone's "God."]
You should know that any help you can give me will only allow me to move on faster.
[It's his way of incentivizing the self-serving ask: what am I looking at, sans welcome mats or convenient signage?]