The variables are many, but not random. Ordinary dreams are controlled by the subconscious. My experiments with dreamcatchers before I had any mystical control over dreams is evidence of that. Dreams are also connected on some level, some fluid plane that stretches between the minds of the dreaming. Aaron was a dream who gained his own sense of self and could move freely over that plane, though he had some special connection to Ryuu and stayed in her dreams most of the time. I'd suspect that she was the one who dreamed him originally.
The Dreaming, on the other hand, was not directly related to that kind of dream, but did have some degree of similarity which allowed the City to appear first in dreams. We don't have all the answers, but I think that what we do know would be enough to at least give a clue if dreams become a major factor again.
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Date: 2009-02-19 08:01 pm (UTC)The Dreaming, on the other hand, was not directly related to that kind of dream, but did have some degree of similarity which allowed the City to appear first in dreams. We don't have all the answers, but I think that what we do know would be enough to at least give a clue if dreams become a major factor again.