[Arnold, delighted for the attention, utterly fails in that implicit directive not to get an ego, and instead just happily wags his tail and falls into step beside Rohan with an eager bump-brush against the side of his leg. Meanwhile, Reimi's back to needing to build up momentum on the uneven pavement again, and wobbles a little before righting herself as she pushes off at a pace easily matched by walking speed.]

...Okay.

[She stays quiet a minute, arms swinging lightly as her balance shifts from foot to foot, and draws in a slow breath.]

I don't like...not knowing much about Heaven's Door. It's like in a movie, when all the suspense comes from not seeing the monster — the not knowing is scarier than anything they could put out on the screen, you know? And I think that's wrong. To go on feeling like that, I mean, it shouldn't be like that.

...So I want to talk to you about it, because that's not something I can fix alone. And I don't really know what the best way would be, either. Maybe you could just tell me about him, or...maybe you could use him on me, I don't know. I don't know what the right thing to do is. But I know that the wrong thing is to keep...letting him be the elephant in the room. So...will you help me figure it out? Please?