Perhaps we've been going about all this wrongly. [ He had believed the illusion could be broken by means found within the illusion, that by being fast, by being strong, and being clever, they could get out. Perhaps only that last one was necessary.

He recognised how she felt, of course he did. They were similar people in many ways. Why wouldn't they be able to catch anything? If it were a shadow cast by their own nightmares, then he could simply run faster than even that and shake it all off.

Was that the reason? Did they have to surpass their own fears? ]

This is all in our heads. So if our minds stop running on the spot, maybe our bodies will too.

[ Now, how do they go about doing that? ]