[Zhongli fixes him with an almost bemused look, just the faintest bit exasperated.]
Do you not trust me, Dohalim?
[he knows that isn't why the Renan is worried, and he's quick to return to those soothing motions and touches again. how to explain...]
It will work. You have my word on that matter. If something more is needed thereafter, then we shall work with that when it arises... but this much, I can promise.
It will allow me to remove anything that may have latched on to your astral energy in your exhaustion and pain, and allow you a comfortable night's rest.
[he can't just erase the nightmares, based on events as they are, but he can stop anything from preying upon them and bringing them forth. corruption wants for strength, so he suspects it isn't the core of this mess... though if it is, then he can at least stem its tide directly, for a time.]
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Do you not trust me, Dohalim?
[he knows that isn't why the Renan is worried, and he's quick to return to those soothing motions and touches again. how to explain...]
It will work. You have my word on that matter. If something more is needed thereafter, then we shall work with that when it arises... but this much, I can promise.
It will allow me to remove anything that may have latched on to your astral energy in your exhaustion and pain, and allow you a comfortable night's rest.
[he can't just erase the nightmares, based on events as they are, but he can stop anything from preying upon them and bringing them forth. corruption wants for strength, so he suspects it isn't the core of this mess... though if it is, then he can at least stem its tide directly, for a time.]