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Maybe you and your “character” are worldbuilding towards each other.

And you are the character and he is the author in his world.

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Nikita, have you always had lucid dreams that you remember so clearly? Does it come naturally, and if not, what did you do to cultivate your ability to both do lucid dreaming, and remember them in such detail? Are all your dreams lucid, and if not, do you remember those, too? Most of my dreams seem like meaningless drivel, and I can't recall much detail for more than a few minutes after waking. As a psychologist, I'm very curious about this. I wonder if creative people like you are more prone to such dreams, or is it your practices, maybe tripping?! Thanks.

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Part of what makes your work so wonderful is the canny (but genuine) mix of "straight" and "trip" logic. Like this: "We explained the way we saw our circumstance to one another, without judgment or hostility, but with a determination to protect our respective truths—like a couple discussing divorce."

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