Sunny had considered many ways to bind a Memory to Neph's soul. Eventually, he had come to believe that the most convenient way to establish a bond between the sword and her soul — at least among those available to him — would be to forge it simultaneously in the real world and in her Soul Sea.
Sadly, he could not enter it — a fact that had made him envy Mordret for the first time in his life.
So, after contemplating for a long time, Sunny had decided on the next best thing…
He was going to reforge the Dream Blade simultaneously in the real world and in Neph's dream.
Master Sunless was in the forge, but the Lord of Shadows had called upon Nightmare and used the tenebrous steed to enter her dreams. The runic circle Cassie had taught him how to draw was meant to make the dream more malleable, give Nephis more control over it, and keep her asleep for a long as was needed to finish the forging.
