[They cannot claim to have even the remotest understanding of what it is she is implying. But they do have one thing in their favor:]
[Trust.]
[Their heart, after all, is already so fragile and so tired. It continues to beat because it is a resilient creature, even as the pink-tinted sickness eats away at its veins and saps it dry. A little more cannot hurt it any further than it is already hurting. And, in the end, how could someone as gentle as Ren be a detriment to heart as wearied as theirs?]
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[Trust.]
[Their heart, after all, is already so fragile and so tired. It continues to beat because it is a resilient creature, even as the pink-tinted sickness eats away at its veins and saps it dry. A little more cannot hurt it any further than it is already hurting. And, in the end, how could someone as gentle as Ren be a detriment to heart as wearied as theirs?]
[There is almost no hesitation, when they nod.]
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