Last night I became very lucid in a dream and requested to be shown something important.
After this was achieved, I asked what it meant but received no answer. I then turned around and two dream figures approached me.
At this point I was definitely a lot less lucid, except I still was aware that I was dreaming, I just didn’t have the usual thought process I have in waking life as I did in the beginning.
I’m wondering how to prevent this reduction in lucidity?
I usually rub my hands together and ask for clarity as soon as I am lucid but as lucidity fades I don’t think to do it again.
Suggestions?
I prevent it with constant reality checking. For instance when you get the answer do RC. When you turned around and saw 2 dream figures do RC. And so on, with every change you do RC. At least in the beginning of practicing LD.
Maybe with time you won’t need constant RC… Practice, practice and practice! 
Thank you for your response! I’ll definitely try that out