That makes it sound like the man with the eyes used to be just a regular guy, maybe, and got changed by where they used to be. Or maybe he was always like that but there were other things that could change other people, like Martin. That seems like a complicated line of questions, though, so Gwenny only nods and considers the ones she really wants the answers to.

"What if...?" She presses her lips together, like she's afraid to even ask it out loud. But she has to. She tries again. "What if I accidentally dream about it again? A real dream, I mean. I can't control it, you know. What if I dream myself there, and he puts eyes all over everything? L-like my fingernails and my belly button and the ends of my hair?"