[He won't let confidence get the better of him. Even if things seem to be going well, he's not about to trust that this isn't a trick. He remembers how quickly things had gone wrong during the Unknowing.

His gaze fixes on Maine's back and he makes a face when he speaks, trying to work out how to explain it without sounding insane or possibly like a cultist in a bad movie. One upside of his social circle currently being entirely people touched by the Entities is that this just didn't come up.]

There are certain... entities in my... wherever I am outside this dream. Some people have been able to... become tied to them. Feed them what they desire, and you receive some power in return.