I don't understand the metaphysics of it just yet? I think th' whole area's some sort of paraoneiric anomaly. Dreams manifesting in an otherwise material place. Could be we're close to a Parabolic border crossing, but even then, this'd be strange.

[With the immediate crisis passed, Sonja allows herself to take closer stock of her rescuer - and despite the revelation that the child had been a dream figment, rescuer still seems apt, as Sonja does not at all trust that dreams cannot hurt her - and finds that she still has no idea what the woman is. She's more intrigued than perturbed by this, though. There's plenty of strange things in the Neath that Sonja has not encountered, and that goes double for the depths of the Unterzee.]