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As it turned out, one of the roles of a trickster was to be the guardian of a tribe’s dreams. If a spirit vexed a member of the tribe, giving them nightmares and horrors, the trickster would slide out of his skin and walk through the Mass of Sleep.
A trickster alone could traverse the Mass; since they never knew where they were going, they couldn’t get lost.
This was quite a rational thing for a trickster to do. Perhaps that was his prank, acting so mindful in a time of crisis, when we all expected him to do the opposite.
