[As long as she'd gotten to the realization that it wasn't real, they were basically out of the woods; it was just a matter of getting a good enough grip on it to manage to wake up, which should just be a matter of time - and a point where there's definitely an undercurrent of renewed confidence... for managing to undo their illusions without even having his powers.]

[He stood himself, still staying close - keeping as much of a reminder of his presence as possible.]

There's people with powers like this in my world; the more they can get you to believe it and react, the more power the effect has - give it too much power and it can be "real", or at least real enough to harm.

They tried it with me as well; it's all a lie, another of their attempts at hurting us all. [Not ... that he felt like going into what his was.]