Nightmares
Nightmares
[Caption above the panel:] When I got used to the regular nightmares, my subconscious got creative.
[Megan is standing with her hand on Cueball's shoulder.] Megan: Please don't wake up. I don't want to die.
This comic shows Cueball 's plight with nightmares . Since he's gotten used to normal nightmares, his subconscious has begun giving him dreams where he sees his dream characters imploring him to not wake up, lest they perish, as they only exist in his dream. The horror comes from the idea that by the simple, everyday action of waking up, Cueball would be extinguishing a life. This would also necessitate that Cueball is conscious when he is asleep, a type of vivid dream known as a lucid dream .
The title text continues this theme, with Megan claiming that she is really real (presumably in response to the allegation that she isn't real, and merely a dream character), and begging Cueball to stay with her.
[Caption above the panel:] When I got used to the regular nightmares, my subconscious got creative.
[Megan is standing with her hand on Cueball's shoulder.] Megan: Please don't wake up. I don't want to die.