He's lucky the dream is dim, because he's turning a bright scarlet holy shit. But the darkness doesn't cover for him twitching back and covering his face with a hand, his other knee-jerk reaction.

"Technically, no- I mean, I know what you're asking and the answer is yes but you’re stretching the definition too far.“

Whatever Damen thought a trial was he was incredibly wrong, so. Laurent's concerned.

"You know constant sacrifice isn't my method. We should be fine, more or less.”