And for the bonus question~~ If your characters' issues or fears took nightmarish physical form -- like, say, in Silent Hill, where fear and hatred of hospitals manifests as hideous nurse monsters -- what would they look like and represent?
Veda as a beautiful and irresistible creature (think Desire of The Endless) dancing the waltz with him -- except that they are in a constant battle on who is in control of the dance, which ends up quite disastrously.