Congrats on your first lucids, guys!!

That's interesting that your increased clarity came via flash of light. For me, when I needed to increase the clarity, I had to touch something (in my case, I touched a glass door, which felt cool), and it was like I was in a dimly lit room and someone turned the light on. Everything literally just went brighter with no fancy show, hehe

I'd have to agree and say it's a DILD, but it does make me question my own understanding of what a MILD is, and I might have to edit my sig, also

I rather thought a MILD was something you built yourself up towards.

In my case, much like Rainbow's, I specifically taught myself to recognise this particular dream sign. I knew that once I saw it, I would know I'm dreaming. I did this for a good few weeks, reminding myself a few times daily about this dream sign (it reoccurs quite often in my dreams). I chose to class that one dream in my sig as a MILD, because reminding myself of that dream sign was almost like a daily mantra (however I didn't go to sleep with a mantra in mind for it to show up. It randomly, just finally showed up one night).

So... DILD or MILD?