Do forgive my slowness. The holiday is eating at me.
He nodded. "Not that the rest is cut off as some think. The body may be out there and unaffected but there are things in the dream that can affect that body, and the subconscious mind. It can become an addiction, or it can be used - some like to believe - to curb such things as addictions."
He turned a bit, glancing at the sky outside and then to Charles. "I am, yes. There's always a dreamer who knows, but it is possible to bring in those that don't. Often it is used to gather information," he said pragmatically as if it wasn't the form of espionage it was. "A person is more likely to reveal things in a dream, intentionally or otherwise, that they wouldn't with their waking mind."