@TinyHouse4Life I don't think it's anything quite so complicated (but who knows). He's young, but being active around here he has seen baby birds born (and he's seen them not hatch), he had a rabbit die, we've lost a few birds to predators, and I think even more significantly he had an aunt die (not sure how close he actually was to her - he's usually here but a person you know no longer being around forever is a lot to take in). As for the dreams, he has pretty vivid dreams, but they are clearly just dreams. The most memorable one was a time when he thought he climbed a tree and fell but landed at his other grandparents house. He really thought it was real. Now he seems like he might understand that dreams are something that happens when you sleep, but I think he may still believe it is him doing things.