They are not dreamers; they are the awakening from a dream that is turning into a nightmare.
Like one awakening from a dream, Ming-feng remembered where they were. Urgently she rapped on the glass, pleading, "Go away, Third Young Master. Someone is liable to see you."
Perhaps truly has the intimately connected injury, as if awakening from a dream betrayal, burdensome entanglement.
We are not dreamers. We are awakening from a dream which is tuning into a nightmare.