Family dinners never really happened, not even before her mother and father split.
But now, Rose falls asleep and joins Jed at the Gates of Horn and Ivory, and they travel through the Dreaming (always stopping to visit Fiddler's Green) to the castle, where Dream waits for them at a table filled with every drink, every delicacy, every delicious dish you could ever dream of devouring.
He's weird and sometimes still a little creepy, but he's family and he wants them there, and Rose looks forward to the dinners, even though it's not what she dreamed of as little girl, when she thought of family get-togethers.
Sandman, Dream, Rose, and Jed, A Taste of Family
But now, Rose falls asleep and joins Jed at the Gates of Horn and Ivory, and they travel through the Dreaming (always stopping to visit Fiddler's Green) to the castle, where Dream waits for them at a table filled with every drink, every delicacy, every delicious dish you could ever dream of devouring.
He's weird and sometimes still a little creepy, but he's family and he wants them there, and Rose looks forward to the dinners, even though it's not what she dreamed of as little girl, when she thought of family get-togethers.