The Doll's House
When she first appears, Rose has been dreaming and is awakened by her mother, Miranda. Upon attempting to recount the dream to her mother, Rose is ignored; a caption of her internal reveals her mother "wasn't interested in dreams, back then". She and her mother are traveling to England to see a woman named Unity Kinkaid.
In the car on the way from the airport, Rose has another dream in which she sees Morpheus and Lucien, who are talking about a "dream vortex," something that can bring about the end of the Dreaming itself. Morpheus states the vortex is a person—in fact, it is Rose herself.
Rose and her mother learn that Unity Kinkaid is actually Miranda's mother (and so Rose's grandmother). Unity was a victim of the 'sleepy sickness' that resulted from Morpheus' capture, waking up only after Morpheus finally freed himself. During her long period of unconsciousness she was raped and subsequently conceived, giving birth to Rose's mother. Now that Unity has awakened she wants to get to know her lost family.
But one member is missing—Rose's brother Jed—so Rose sets out to find him. This leads her to Florida, where she finds a place to stay in a large house near Cape Canaveral. The house is populated by the crossdressing landlord Hal; the eerily perfect couple of Ken and Barbie; the mysterious and odd gentleman named Gilbert; and the pair of Chantal and Zelda, known as the Spider Women.
With the help of Gilbert and even Morpheus, Rose is able to find Jed and save him from a convention of serial killers. But Rose has started to develop her "dream vortex" powers, so Morpheus decides to slay her. Unity appears in Rose's dream and asks her granddaughter to give her (Rose's) heart to her. Rose complies, and Unity takes in Rose's heart and then dies. Since the dream vortex then vanishes, Morpheus lets Rose live.
Morpheus learns that his sibling Desire had conceived Rose's mother on sleeping Unity. Thus, Rose is Desire's granddaughter and Dream's grandniece. Had Morpheus killed her he would have spilled the blood of his kin and invoked the wrath of the Furies.
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