What if she's wrong--but maybe she isn't. there are still thoughts and emotions churning; they had no interest in our higher cognitive processes before,
but who says they haven't now? They didn't treat us like beings who dreamed, and they could only recreate our universe in one room, and what if it's them? But it doesn't sound like them.

There's still fear, certainly. but there's also dizzy relief. "I thought for a second..." sariel's hand is held out quietly. It's shaking.