Perhaps adopted, that might count.
Alka silently thought.
"But I must remind you, no matter how you manage to borrow it, you will undoubtedly have to face the Mother of the World with the vast, ocean-like consciousness of pain."
The White Mist Serpent was keenly aware of how dangerous that ocean-like consciousness of pain was for the beings in the Real World.
Faced with this situation, Alka was relatively familiar.
Involuntarily, he asked, "How long do you think I can last in my current state?"
"You are a king among the dream realm, a Divine presence in the dream realm. Based on our model sample, you should be able to completely endure without being overwhelmed by this ocean of pain.
But at the same time, you are a being of reality. You possess a perfect connection of body and soul in the Real World, albeit not very stable and somewhat fragmented, but still connected together.
