Chapter 8
As Rondel’s Dream formed around him, Wayne did not materialize at once. The sudden appearance of a new person in the Dream might startle a few people at first, although they’d get over it quickly; such things frequently happened in dreams. He was more concerned that such an abrupt appearance might alert Rondel to Wayne’s presence here—and that was something he wanted to avoid for the present.
Instead, he became an invisible, ethereal presence, floating in the sky above the Dream as an impartial observer. As such, he was free to admire the breadth of the mental canvas on which Rondel painted. The world was spread out below him in a vast plain extending to infinite horizons. There were forests and rivers, and even squares of farmland to give some variety. Off in the distance, at
