Dream has always been manipulated since before the apple incident. Once Dream got out of stone he has been tricked to be forced into a relationship with the creator (Ink), an abusive partner that uses mental and physical abuse on Dream. Dream brother (Nightmare) was starting to get suspicious of the content abuse that Dream was receiving do his lack of fighting skills in their battles and has order his crew (Killer, Dust and Horror to take a close eye on Dream and Inks relationship.
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