CASE EXPECTED TO struggle scaling the mountain’s steep slopes, but Fader led them to steps carved into its far side that climbed straight to the peak. As they climbed, she wondered why this island existed in the multiverse. Everything in Dream seemed to fit into a larger design. A weird one, but a design all the same. So what role did this island play? Will didn’t know, and he knew Dream perhaps better than anyone.
Higher and higher they climbed. If this wasn’t Dream, she’d be exhausted by now. Finally, she stood with Will and Fader on a mountain top as flat and shiny as a pane of glass. The silver globes of the marooned spirits floated behind them but well back, as if they feared what was up here. Except for Jack, who sat in tail-wagging puppy form beside Will.
Before them stood a door
