Whether to tell Daniel about this no longer made much difference. Since they had decided to target the people within dreams and use the Anti-Life Equation to prevent their faithless state, it had to be done.
This might indeed conflict somewhat with Dream's duties. He was the Lord of Dreams, the shepherd of all dreams. He had to ensure the integrity of dreams and make sure no one interfered with the creatures within them.
All living things dreamed, even a flower or a fish, and their dreams were all Dream's territory.
Daniel was an old friend. Ever since Su Ming had arrived in the DC Universe, they had been connected in one way or another—either Su Ming had searched for the missing Daniel, or he had sought Daniel's help. Daniel had even lent out a divine artifact like the Dream Mask. He had been more than generous.
Dream had three divine artifacts. One was the crown that looked like a gas mask. Its exact functions had been discussed before, so there was no need to repeat them here.
The second was a palm-sized brocade pouch, or rather, a small leather bag. It contained the Sands of Time and also served as storage space, essentially Dream's belt pouch.
The third was a ruby. It served as Dream's identification and the controller for his peculiar powers of authority. If Daniel died, the next Dream would also need that ruby to inherit the position.
But no matter how generous Daniel was, no matter how much of his human emotions he retained, Su Ming was about to alter countless dreams today. He was not sure whether Daniel would truly grant permission.
So it was better not to give him advance notice. Once Su Ming had dealt with the dreams of the many unbelievers and