Pinocchio Syndrome

I am working really hard to get to know about another person. The learning process is structured and supported by others. I go back and forth from the one being studied to the one studying. It goes beyond just gathering information to communing in some way. 

I am drifting in and out of sleep but returning quickly to a similar scene. I am now with one of the characters being studied.  They are becoming agitated and are struggling in some way. I scream at them, stop...you are real!

I feel the shock of realization and it wakes me, startled. I go back into the dream, partially conscious and realize dream characters have been brought to life thru study and direct mental communication. 

Can I do this with a romance? Conjure a girlfriend?

Notes: Woke curious and fascinated, slightly scared.