To be clearer, my dear. This world has woken from the child's nightmare. You are in the waking world of that dream, not your waking world. This is what was born of her nightmares.

[She nodded and smiled as he asked that question. Really, that was the more important thing to her as well. How were their friends. Was everyone safe.]

she is ok... [There was something off about her blood, but that would wait.] And I believe you woke and were drawn here from your world afterwards. So you missed the end of the nightmare when you were not slumbering with us.