If the absolute worst comes... you'll find a way forward. I believe in you.

[And for now, he has her, at least. For as much help as this novice waterboarder of a witch may be.

...Ah, he's continuing, though. She bites at her lip. It's... really not far from what she knows herself, is it? Fudge the details a little, and it's the Great Collapse. A repeating cycle, all the same.]

...And I believe in your world, too. In your Etria. Even if you can't, I'm going to hold out hope for you.