Nahida continued, "Imagination means breaking through what you take for granted. For example, when a waiter brings you a plate in a tavern, you naturally assume there's food on it. But if you were the dream's owner and had self-awareness, when you imagined the contents of the plate were gold or Mora, the dream would naturally respond—you would actually see gold or Mora being brought to you."
"But in the current situation, the subject cannot realize they are dreaming. Even if the plate is brought to them ten thousand times, they will naturally assume it's just ordinary food."
[Paimon: So we just have to try again and again?]
[Nahida: Luck is sometimes the key to solving a problem.]
[Lumine: Indeed. This step can only be overcome with luck.]
[Yae Miko: The protagonists of a story are never lacking in luck, are they?]
[Paimon: Yes! We are the protagonists of this story. Luck will be on our side. Everything will work out.]
Lumine asked, "After we find the subject, then what?"
Nahida said, "Find a way to make that person realize they are dreaming. Generally, the dream will end then, and the entire loop will be broken."
Paimon was anxious. "But how do we find them? If it could be anyone, isn't that like finding a needle in a haystack?"
"And even if we find them, making them realize they are dreaming is difficult too."
"After all, you said you can't just wake a sleepwalker directly."
Nahida nodded. "It is indeed difficult. But only you two can do it now. Everything you've done before was to prepare for finding the subject and breaking the loop."
[Paimon: After all that effort, after so many loops, now we have to start all over again.]
[Lumine: If we're unlucky, who knows how many more loops it will take to find that person—and then make them realize it's a dream.]
[Dehya: I already know who that person is. Haha, but I'm not saying it yet.]
[Alhaitham: Yes, I noticed too.]
[Kaveh: Noticed what? Why don't I see anything?]
[Alhaitham: The answer is hidden within the livestream video.]
[Nahida: Those who discover the truth are very observant. However, they must also have some understanding of Sumeru's local culture.]
[Paimon: Why is everyone being cryptic all of a sudden?]
[Furina: Tell us, tell us! I can't wait to know the truth!]
[Nahida: In any case, it's a character who has already appeared.]
[Nilou: That person must be me.]
[Paimon: How did you figure that out?]
[Nilou: Because of the flowers on the stage. True Padisarahs have already gone extinct. They absolutely could not appear on stage.]
[Nahida: If Lumine, the one who enters Sumeru—that is, the future Lumine—also knows this piece of knowledge, then the loop can end very soon.]
"During this time, I will go outside the city."
Paimon asked, "You're going to that dream space too?"
Nahida nodded. "Yes. I want to try something. Perhaps there is still a glimmer of possibility."
"Hurry and set out. Dreams should be wondrous, romantic, and full of surprises. This unnecessary loop must end."
Paimon spread her hands. "Sigh, it's still hard to accept. We've come so far, but Dunyarzad still..."
"She was such a good person, and her wish was so simple. Fate played such a cruel trick on her."
"But we need to pull ourselves together and save more people. First, we have to break this loop."
Then Paimon had an idea. "Say, would the Sages use one of their own people as the dream's subject? Wouldn't that be easier to control?"
Lumine shook her head. "I don't think so. Someone who is unaware is harder to detect."