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Color legend: Non-dream Dream Lucid Lucid #232: Chasing Shadows I am alone on a dirt road at night, and I know that this has to be a dream. The dirt road stretches forever in either direction, but that is fine. I do not intend to follow it anyway. I clearly remember my intent to summon <PERSON>, and I extend my right hand. "I know you are already here," I say. I do not feel anything just now, but I do not worry about it. I look down at the road and see my shadow there below, alone. I look up and speak out loud to <PERSON> about where I am intending for us to go. I still do not feel her hand but when I look down, there is the vague shape of a woman's shadow standing next to mine, her hand seemingly extended to where mine would be. Good enough, then. I jump into the air and start flying upward toward the stars. After a few moments something feels wrong and I fall into the void. I keep talking to <PERSON>, reminding her and myself of where I am going to take her in this dream, but I am still missing that feel of a physical hand. I feel nervous that I am spending too long in the void without a plan and I have forgotten what I would intended to do in this situation. I bring my hands back together and start rubbing them. It feels like I am giving up on the summon, and I feel a little frustrated. The hand keeps me in the dream as I fly through the void. It works for a good while, but I have lost touch with my plans for the dream now. I hold my hands up in front of my face, staring at them until I can make out their shape and a little bit of the detail. I am lost, and without me driving the action forward, the dream ends.