Alec had the good idea that this guide of Danny's could appear in a different guise in every dream. He/She/It always has similar characteristics, but may be a cat, or a boy, or really odd things like a clock or a boat. It's nice that it supports him in all sorts of ways. The only thing is I'm concerned that it could be seen as close to Philip Pullman's idea of the daemon. But this isn't Danny's soul – in fact, it's not even really part of him. It's an emissary from dreamland, shaping itself to his imagination.
Alec's other interesting idea was that in every dream, this character dies in one way or another. (A bit "Oh my God, they killed Kenny!") Initially, this is awful for Danny – he loses his friend. Ultimately it could become funny – oh, not again!
But this did lead to a rather dark potential storyline - see the next post.
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