Another person entered the Nexus, another form of life, another distraction to otherwise remove the Dreamers attention from the threads of fate. The Lord of Nightmares was already influencing the vast multiverse, shunting people through tunnels to the Nexus, forcing the Walker between Worlds to focus on the intrusions rather than examine the various weaves that the Nightmare began weaving. 

The being, a man, for it was a man, a gangly man who tried to hide his presence from the Dreamer of the Nexus. Even as the man crept forward on his sheen of ice, the Walker between Worlds was already turning towards him. 

His attention focused on the being sliding across the floor on his stomach, watching with interest as the man attempted to be stealthy. The entire time the man maneuvered to get into position he failed to look directly at the Dreamer, confirming the threads of fate that the man was indeed a skittish individual. 

Why had the Dreaming Queen deemed this man, this Kholodny Zima a player in events far beyond his comprehension? Extending his energies back, ripping through the threads of a hundred thousand possibilities of the man’s existence, and each of them led the man here., a disturbing event to say the least. 

When the man spoke, his voice quivered; [i]“E-E-E-Excu-Excuse me. I would like to not die, and to know wh-what I'm doing here. Plea-please don't kill me or beat me up."[/i]

Skallagrim growled; [b]“Kholodny Zima why have you and Stribog entered the Nexus of Worlds?”[/b] 

Turning fully so he faced the man, the Dreamer walked forward, stepping up to the man merged with god and glowered, [b]“This is unacceptable. Your threads of fate continue to lead here but they must not, you have someone to save Kholodny Zima, I let you make the choice of whom to save.”[/b]

With that a shimmering gate appeared, showing a town aflame, a giant dragon taking flight to face a horrific creature that seemed on the verge of death and a smaller dragon facing an elf who seemed intent on killing her. 

[b]“Go, find your fate…find your courage…”[/b]