[Oh, he knows better than anyone else that "jarring" was underselling the experience by a long shot, especially for a newbie, but he couldn't really find a better way to describe it. The odd, hyper-lucidity that came with entering a Disturbance, the echoes of the trapped person's emotions resonating through every detail of the place... it was too much to try to condense down into a single phrase. It was good to see someone looking to be proactive about this sort of thing, but...]

Mm... Disturbances tend to be pretty different depending on who's at the heart of it, so it's kinda hard to be truly prepared for them, I think. I mean... at least from what I've seen of 'em, anyway.

[He nonchalantly pulls at a folder from the Disturbance pile, seemingly at random, casually flipping it open to study what was inside. Of course, it's all for show-- he knows exactly what's in this file, perhaps with more detail than what was within... but he wasn't about to let her catch onto that. Thankfully, her question was a decent enough distraction, and he shuts the folder closed for now, making sure to keep the name on the tab concealed against the table. At about two and a half years of Dreamer-ing, he wasn't AS knowledgeable of the Dream Sphere and it's residents compared to the older, more seasoned members. but...]

Familiars...? Hm... I think so? One of my trainees has these kinda... rabbit-like things called Mokke that like to pop up and follow her around while she's in there. They're not all that bright, though...

[Somewhere at this very moment, the Mokke's desire to rip Hanako limb from limb grows ever stronger--]

I did see another girl go and summon this sort of garden gnome creature just recently too, but I wouldn't say it's like a companion or anything.

[A beat, and then he adds:]

Oh! There's this one guy who constantly has rats around him, though! Does that count?