She turns to go, and then looks back. "...By the way, in case any of you were confused, this is a constructed dream. In the material world you are all asleep. You can tell the difference if you pay attention. It's... considered very impolite to try to fool anyone about that, at home."

There is a low murmur of expressing comprehension.

She leaves.

"Well, uh, that was terrifying," says Izaneth, in much the same tone you might use for 'well, uh, that was awkward'.

"Was?" someone else asks incredulously.

He laughs. "Fair point."

"I don't know, I'm not all that worried," Talyr says thoughtfully. "Her priorities obviously don't include revenge. The - vision - was very clear on that."

"Good for you," someone else says. "I"m still not going to be able to relax until we're out of this freaky dream thing."

There is a general murmur of agreement, which serves to break the stunned silence. People quietly talk amongst themselves about the situation for a few minutes.

And then someone else walks into the room.

It's the girl who liked it, wrapped in a robe of thin black silk that is clearly less about preserving modesty and more about achieving the state of not-literally-naked.

"Hi," she says. "So apparently I'm being rescued or something?"

"Apparently?" someone offers.

Khythen starts moving through the crowd towards where she came in.

She grins at him.

"Thing is, I'm not actually sure I want to leave? Like, I have some complaints, but it seems like they'd be pretty well addressed by 'oh hey whoops you're a person sorry about that'."

Khythen reaches her, scoops her up and hugs her.

She giggles and hugs him back. "Hey, cutie."

"Maybe this is a real dream," someone muses out loud, "and I'll wake up and none of the crazy will have happened."

"I think you really shouldn't try to rely on that," someone tells him.

"Yeah. But still."

"...How long 'here' is going to continue being a thing is a very real question," Jiorthkir says slowly.

"Why, 'cause somebody's stealing all your humans?" asks Nerine, snuggling Khythen. "And also rape is wrong?"

"...Essentially."

"Reasonable."

Mmmm what a cozy huggable demon Khythen is.

"And, like, it makes some amount of sense to leave now as opposed to later because if I leave later I maybe end up wandering around the middle of nowhere by myself and I hear that's bad for your health. But honestly I'd kind of miss you guys."

"I'm not going to let that happen."

"Aww." Kiss.

Kiss. "Although being returned unharmed by demons would probably lead to awkward questions."

"Which is more awkward, those or the questions I'd get if I went home with you?"

"I don't actually know enough about human culture to guess. But--you're not Mezeidai, who--ah. Did anyone tell you about Mezeidai?"

"Who?"