dwindled and grew grey.

the problem with entering otherworlds in the stories is not necessarily some violent threat, some impossible task that must be completed. it is a matter of etiquette. suddenly the rules have all been changed, and the rules are so very important. but if you should go back to the place where you came from, the place whose rules you'd been learning since you were born, the place whose rules should still make sense to you, you'll find that the food lacks all flavour.