"Something like that," Myr says, encouraging despite the grim topic. "Though that's more the bit we call the Veil, that draws the line between our waking world and the Fade. Demons will do anything to cross it; there's nothing they desire more than to be in this world, after it was denied to them.

"Not just mages--everyone who dreams, dreams in the Fade. Even, I'm told, rifters--now that you're here. Though if you aren't a mage yourself, demons aren't likely to bother you," he's quick to reassure. "But those who aren't mages seem to pass their time there without much control over what happens."