Basically. The process I outlined to her is true-- I only left out the part where I'll be in the dream with her. I'm telling you because, well. It would've been obvious the second I put the IV in myself. Better to get the explanation out of the way now than later.
[Arthur shook his head.] Dream sharing's long been out of the hands of the military. Mostly, its uses are academic these days. [And criminal, but he wasn't going to get into that.] It's safe, it's been tested, and it gets results. The only dangers are if Hayley doesn't like what she sees-- but that's a risk I assume she's willing to take-- or if her subconscious keys into my presence and decides to eject me from the dream-- violently. It's not exactly subtle when it senses an intruder.
Even then, the only danger is that I die in the dream. [He made a slightly amused face, his mouth quirking at its corners.] Not a... pleasant end, but I'll get over it. [He didn't outright say it, but it was pretty obvious he'd been killed in dreams before. It was troublesome at first, and it was always a little irksome when it happened, but Arthur was a professional. It was part of the job.] But her subconscious won't go after her, even if she's with me.
[He paused a little, for that to sink in, then continued.]
And if she thinks of me as just another projection of her subconscious, her subconscious is more likely to accept me. And less likely to tear me to pieces. [HENCE, the lying about meditation, but he trusted Capa to be intelligent enough to put that together.]
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[Arthur shook his head.] Dream sharing's long been out of the hands of the military. Mostly, its uses are academic these days. [And criminal, but he wasn't going to get into that.] It's safe, it's been tested, and it gets results. The only dangers are if Hayley doesn't like what she sees-- but that's a risk I assume she's willing to take-- or if her subconscious keys into my presence and decides to eject me from the dream-- violently. It's not exactly subtle when it senses an intruder.
Even then, the only danger is that I die in the dream. [He made a slightly amused face, his mouth quirking at its corners.] Not a... pleasant end, but I'll get over it. [He didn't outright say it, but it was pretty obvious he'd been killed in dreams before. It was troublesome at first, and it was always a little irksome when it happened, but Arthur was a professional. It was part of the job.] But her subconscious won't go after her, even if she's with me.
[He paused a little, for that to sink in, then continued.]
And if she thinks of me as just another projection of her subconscious, her subconscious is more likely to accept me. And less likely to tear me to pieces. [HENCE, the lying about meditation, but he trusted Capa to be intelligent enough to put that together.]