[The doll's paw rises to its chest in van Zieks's typical display of vulnerability—of the recollection of his brother. Of course there was more to the man, however he succumbed to his brutal corruption in the end... but those recollections drove van Zieks to unfortunate actions, both in their world and this one. He did unforgivable things thanks to his single-mindedness regarding those aspects of Klint; he can recognize that he struggles to reach a balance, to reconcile those parts into something that he can make peace with.]

Then let us pray the occasion does not arise soon.

[He still doesn't know how he'll feel in the near future, when all will be revealed to the public. How will his waking self fare? How will his remaining family?]

I do not know that I will be prepared for such a conversation for some time.