I became lucid during a dream this morning and in it, I ran into a DC version of my cousin. After a bit of convincing, I was able to get the DC to beleive it was all a dream but no matter which technique I tried to teach it, the DC couldn't do it. I showed it how to moon-jump (I'm horrible at flying), how to move things around without touching them, how to summon/create objects or people, etc but regardless of how thoroughly I explained and how hard it tried, it couldn't do anything out of the ordinary. Since the DC is just a projection of my subconscious, shouldn't it have been able to do everything I believed it could do?

Also, my anchor seems to be failing me. I like to use my sense of taste to stabilize my dreams so when I found a clove of garlic during my dream, I grabbed it and started munching away. As usual, it stabilized the dream and increased the clarity instantly but it made my mouth water. Like a lot. So much so that my real body started swallowing which led to slight destabilization. I was eventually able to ignore my physical body for a while but then the same thing happened and I eventually woke up. I never ran into this before but if it persists, it could be a problem since it renders my most effective anchoring method useless. Anyone know of a fix?