The Gates of Slumber! Back to the Waking World! All cats in the Dreamlands are Dreamlands cats: A cat in the Dreamlands can always choose whether intelligent and fully sentient beings with feline it wishes to return to the waking world mentally or instincts, behavior, and skills physically, regardless of how it got to the Dreamlands Dreamlands cats spend so much time asleep because that is when they enter the Dreamlands and When a cat returns from the Dreamlands, it always returns to its physical body in the waking world become intelligent Their waking lives are somewhat If a cat returns physically to the waking world, of an afterthought, intended to seek affection, to mate, regardless of how it entered the Dreamlands, it returns to fuel their body, and for rest and relaxation Most of through the Gates of Slumber, which always lead to a their activities take place during sleep location within mile of where the cat left A cat can always choose whether to enter the If a cat went to the Dreamlands mentally and returns Dreamlands or the waking world, either physically or mentally, it wakes up in the waking world wherever it mentally Most of the time, a cat enters the Dreamlands left If the cat entered the Dreamlands physically but mentally and leaves its body behind, asleep returns mentally, its body reappears where it entered When a cat enters the Dreamlands physically, it travels through the Gates of Slumber, a dimensional portal imperceptible to most beings When doing so, the cat is no longer present in the waking world Cats can only this when they are completely unobserved The Gates of Slumber are an actual physical location However, they are typically open at many places at once, and move around, so they are not always at the same spot Sometimes, they may be behind a backyard fence, or perhaps they might be found in an abandoned badger burrow, or else up a spooky old tree Only cats know for sure Humanoids can only tell the cat has left physically when, for instance, the cat runs into the attic and doesn’t return for a day or so It is important to note that because a cat wishing to enter the Dreamlands must physically find the Gates of Slumber and can only pass through when entirely unobserved, a cat cannot simply escape to the Dreamlands when it is, for example, caught in a trap or imprisoned Cats can only perform this form of travel when they have free and unrestricted movement the Dreamlands or at an unobserved location within mile A cat cannot otherwise use Dreamlands travel to move its physical body Between the Dimensions When a cat is in the dream state, it can travel much farther and faster than it could while waking For example, it can leap to the moon and back from the earth’s surface in the Dreamlands It can even travel to the stars beyond, but this is dangerous When in the dream state, cats may meet unusual entities and objects in the Dreamlands, particularly if they travel far from the places they know well A cat may well visit the Dreamlands, fill up on eating pixies (or whatever), and then return sparkling with pixie dust A Dreamlands cat may encounter an entity none was meant to see and might never return—or be profoundly changed by the experience Family While cats often regard a particular other cat as a friend or recognize it as a relative, they not have a true family life Tomcats wrangle over desirable mates, 12