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Ray was in the Bar for a while earlier today, but headed upstairs for a while. For whatever reason, he's back now, with dinner, his qigong book, and a seat near the fire.

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[k_in_black]

K shakes his head. "No, you're right. The neuralyzer's hardly a blunt force instrument, but the technology emphasizes specificity in relation to the time-range affected. That's ideal for most MiB needs, but the trade-off is a wide-band effect on the typical human brain. If Danny was deeply suppressed, it might have worked, but you're right--fused like that, not actually a possession, I wouldn't be able to control what impact it would have on his better angels."

K sighs. "But you have to work the alternative scenarios, just in case."

[gone_byebye]

"It's okay," Ray says. "The original info I got on the situation involved four or five alternate possible plans. The one with Dream involved is just the only one that had any real chance of working and getting us back a functional Danny. Believe me, if it had been a possession we'd be in much better straits. I could've handled that long ago."

[k_in_black]

"You sure you can trust this Dream?"

[gone_byebye]

Ray nods.

"I'd trust his sister first, but his sister is Death, and that's only because I deal with Her work way more often. He's good for it. He's given me the tools I need to open the backdoor; that's as far as he's getting involved."

[k_in_black]

K looks at Ray for a moment. Then he remembers where, after all, they are sitting. Dream, Death, all just part of the day.

"Probably best not to bring up the sleep compensators. Don't suppose someone named 'Dream' would appreciate hearing about those."

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"Probably not, no," Ray agrees. "Although he has as much to do with waking dreams as sleeping ones. Imagination's as big for him as the subconscious gig."

He rubs at his face. "Egon's been trying to teach me lucid dreaming, just in case, but I'm not doing very well with it."

[k_in_black]

"Heard about that technique but never tried it. We've thought about exploring alien dreamscapes, but it hasn't been a high priority, so we haven't gotten around to it. Always something more immediate to worry about."

"Let me know how you get on with it. If it works, it might be something I'll want to take back to Zedd."

K drains the last of his bourbon. "Back to work. Take care of yourself, Chief. I'll check in again soon."