the oneirophage moaned in the semi-consciousness which separates dreams like synapses , then fell silent as his skull grew over his eye sockets , ear slits , nostrils , mouth , throat , third eye , and crown chakra , forming one solid fusion of bone that rendered him blind , deaf , and mute , sealing the nightmares in and trapping him in a universe of horror and void where his head was its own sensory deprivation chamber .