[...Protecting this apparent murderer from his own friends. Truly, what is Ferran's motivation for doing such a thing? He wonders if this man would know and even if he did, this is still technically a dream. Everything he sees he probably has to take with some speculation.

Nonetheless, he follows the other man, feeling somewhat confident that he won't be attacked at this point.]

When you're speaking about that, I imagine you aren't talking in just a metamorphic sense. [It's just a guess, but he did see something--] Those cracks on his face...