Oh, God. Could she relate? Not to the whole dream part, that was definitely new. But as far as secrets she couldn't tell, no matter how much she hated lying...

Well. It wasn't about her.

"Wow," she said, turning over what he was saying in her mind and pushing her own thoughts into a deep, dark corner to deal with later. "You can take things out of your dreams?" No incredulity. She just wanted to make sure she understood. "So, like, if you're having a dream about...a pineapple...you can wake up and bring that pineapple into the real world with you?"

She didn't have much of a basis for comparison, but something about it all pricked a word in her head: Mage.

Merde. What was their deal again? She regretted not paying a little more attention to Arty's lectures.