[He gets quieter. For a second, a perception he's managing within the dream slips, and he looks a little more gaunt and haggard in the face.]

It doesn't work like that. I went to sleep in the Pale Sanctuary while drugged so I could stay that way long enough to figure something out, but I pushed it too hard and my dream overheated, or... broke. I'm sure it put itself back together by this point, but until I get back to that original dream, I can't just wake up.

[He adds quickly before Kyle can ask]

Don't worry. I found Shoyo a night or two ago, and he found my body and took it to the hospital.