Which doesn't give you any indication that is the traveler talking, that the traveler is talking to itself, or if the dream is taking place before or after being attacked by Rasputin. All we know is that the traveler influenced tons of civilizations, and then left them to be devoured by Oryx and his Worm Gods. If you read the book of sorrows it flat out calls the traveler a lie. So why is the dream of a stranded, broken traveler any more reliable than Rasputin's report of the traveler getting ready for departure, or Oryx report of the traveler setting up societies for failure?