"That is what I said, yes. I don't remember being any more specific than that." What? It's the dreaming. These things happen. Zagreus wasn't being disingenuous about his ability to effect the dreaming; he just hadn't thought it was the most noteworthy part of the rift deal. It's the potential for his dreaming to effect reality that he wants to map out, with understanding the dreaming more fully being just a starting point.

He hasn't given up on figuring Gabe out, either, still sniffing curiously at the edges of his mind. That gross numbing feeling isn't limited to Gabriel's dreaming illusiony powers. "Are you always so defensive about yourself? It's very unbecoming."