They looked like candy and for a second, Adam just wanted to reach out and run his fingers over them, to see how they felt or even how they tasted, but that was a dangerous whim with dream objects. For all he knew, it took a slight disturbance or water or even just a surfeit of intention to bring them to life.

"How do they work then?" Adam asked. Partially because he was curious and more because he wanted to see how Ronan lit up when he explained himself.