It occurs to me that I can't tell the dream sequence as a 'real' (within the story world) event in first person, unless I make it also a dream sequence there.
So I guess I either change the narrator or I have our hero wake suddenly from the dream and carry forward from there.
But my intent was to have that be a 'real' event in the story, with it becoming a murder investigation that opens up a whole can of worms.
I dunno.
Maybe I'll have an idea tomorrow.
