On Mon, 16 Nov 2015 10:50:14 +1100, Tim <xxxxxx@little-possums.net> wrote:

>On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 03:33:44PM +0000, xxxxxx@comcast.net wrote:

>> In the section of "What Is Dream Walking?" four types are identified the
>> first sentence of "What Can Dream Walkers Do?"

>The word "type" doesn't quite fit either: they're more like degrees of
>capability, with higher degrees subsuming all of the abilities of any
>lower degrees.

Yes, this is an accurate statement. I wasn't sure what to call them;
both 'levels' and 'degrees' make it sound like something that one could
progress through, with an Observer eventually being able to become a
Visitor, then a Bender, then ultimately a Weaver - but I don't want that
implication; there is no progression: Once a Bender, always a Bender.

Given that, the most 'unloaded' word I could come up with was 'type'. So
that's what I used.

And yes, Weaver abilities subsume Bender abilities subsume Visitor
abilities subsume Observer abilities; I don't think it makes sense for
them not to.

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