That night, Ed had a strange dream: he was standing in a silver forest, and the moonlight filtered through the leaves and cast mottled shadows on the ground. In the distance, a familiar figure was waiting for him - Ryan, but unlike the haggard appearance in the cage, in the dream he was wearing a gorgeous silver-blue robe, a crystal crown on his head, and his violet eyes were shining in the moonlight.
"This is not the real me," Lane said in the dream, "nor the false me. Remember that, Ed Holt."
When Ed woke up, the morning light of the dungeon was streaming through the high windows. He found himself eager to see Ryan, to confirm whether the dream was just a hallucination.
Intention: Should you live or choose to perish?