There were mutants and there were mutants.  He didn't know what Vara had seen, but around the city, he ran from mutants.  He also ran alone, though.  Maybe it was different for Vara, who had a pack, or the worst of the mutants stayed where the nuclear spirits were strongest.  Though he admitted the ones underground weren't the strongest he'd seen.  Underground was safer, and the big ones just couldn't fit.<br/><br/>"It makes sense to rest while we can," he said, though the sense that something could happen at any moment hadn't left him.  But Vara had been there before.  He extended trust to her, but it took effort on his part.  He stepped to her, put his hands on her hips.  "I still think we should fool around.  We need to test the connection.  I could also start a fire, boil some water.  We could clean up.  That might be worth it.  We could be moving fast for quite some time in tough surroundings."  He got more serious.  "I don't want you to think that I'm unwilling to get your parents.  I am.  I just don't want to lose you....<br/><br/>"I also think that I should stretch myself.  I've never tried being in someone's dream.  I can touch a person's mind, I've done that, and I sometimes get a sense of what a person is dreaming.  I don't know if I can help you if you sleep, but I can try.  If I can swing it, maybe it'll give Blackvayne something to think about."