Gately, the wraith, and the figurants — "The wraith said Gately might as…"
The wraith said Gately might as well stop trying to figure it out and just capitalize on its presence, the wraith’s presence in the room or dream, whatever, because Gately, if he’d bothered to notice and appreciate it, at least didn’t have to speak out loud to be able to interface with the wraith-figure; and also the wraith-figure said it was by the way requiring incredible patience and fortitude for him (the wraith) to stay in one position long enough for Gately to really see him and interface with him, and the wraith was making no promises about how many more months he (the wraith) could keep it up, since fortitude had never seemed to have been his long suit.
Context
The first two wraith-rules, delivered as a mild complaint: interface is mental, not spoken (handy, since Gately is mute), and visibility costs the wraith months of subjective effort. The rules arrive inside a carefully destabilized frame — Gately, uniquely in his dream-life, knows he's dreaming and considers that he's considering it.