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Mixing a bit of canon and headcanons (based off canon) here. It was never really explored how the stone felt other than that his memories of it aren’t the best. But his statue is crying in almost every comic it appears in. This can really only mean one thing, to me at least.

He was not by any means completely unconscious. And why would he be? He’s the apple, not the vessel. Only his body was turned to stone, by one final act to save his life.

And Dream’s age is 502 immediately after breaking free of stone, I just chose 515 for the story because it feels right and gives you a sense of the timeline I imagine. We don’t have a strict one in canon.

i genuinely don’t think I’ve seen another person talk about Dream’s aura. Not really. It is one of the most interesting and kind of scary parts of his powers. It is canon that he can effectively overdose people on positivity and they can become obsessed. It doesn’t happen all the time because he is constantly on the move, but it can happen. It can make them fall in love normally too. We also see Nightmare do very similar things in the opposite direction, only his aura, much stronger, turns people in mindless killing things rather than people. Dream’s aura is much more subtle. Maybe you wouldn’t even notice it while he was there, his presence is always a calming sensation. A mood lifter from any stage of mood. But when he leaves, all that disappears in an instant. Love for him can never be guaranteed as “true” or just a hallucination of his soul. All of this weighs on him.

Color is not immune to its effects, though, I don’t think every person necessarily would act crazy because of it. I think it depends on how well a person can manage their reactions to their emotions, and how they process them mentally. I think Color doubts himself a little though, because he doesn’t like to be alone, and Dream’s departure is the most poignant loneliness one could ever feel.