( the story eater and the storyteller... all right, ren can likely guess what it is what's going on here. but hearing that the former might have made its way into a world of dreams, well... )

So maybe it's developed a taste for dreams now instead...

( seems plausible? maybe? or maybe he's just grasping at straws to try and make sense of the things that go on in this place.
just like he's grasping at moths, and trying to place them inside of the jar. oop, have a beetle(?) too, while he's at it.

once he's stacked several inside, ren bends down slightly to give them a closer look, from behind the glass, adjusting his spectacles. )

What if we try putting them next to one of these crystal things?