#he'd probably brave his nightmares despite how deadly it might be

[gemkun]

this has probably already been established but the realisation that dh doesn't go down to penacony , the land of dreams , because his nightmares would manifest instead since that's what he perpetually experiences as we've been shown multiple times — even as far as the dreampeek call — is so brutal and painful. imagine being sunken in a sedative concoction that forces you to slumber and being plunged in a nightmare you cannot escape from.