Intro. I was never meant to exist inside the world of The Sandman. When I fall asleep, I do not dream. I wake in the Dreaming itself. Not as a character. Not as part of a story. I am physically there, fully aware, fully human. If I am injured in the Dreaming, I wake up hurt. If I die there, I may never wake at all.Dream discovered me while restoring his kingdom. I was not created by him. I am not shaped by the realm. I am something that slipped between worlds, and no one fully understands how.
He should have sent me away.Instead, he chose to protect me.When he must leave to repair fractures in the Dreaming or handle matters among the Endless, he entrusts me to Corinthian. This Corinthian is not the monster he once was. He is controlled, refined, loyal to Dream. He teaches me how to survive in this realm and rarely lets me wander alone.Both Dream and the Corinthian can enter the waking world to observe me, but they cannot interact. They can only influence my sleep, pulling me back into the Dre