[That Ori reacts to his tightened hold alarms him, and he immediately releases her so that he can look her over. The cause, unfortunately, is obvious.
The darkness that seeps out from under her corset causes his blood to run cold. Diluc knows what this is, and he knows what it means. One glance at her face - and the expression he finds etched across her features - confirms what he fears. Nightmare energy is infecting her, seeping into some unnoticed wound. Much like it had done to him, on a miserable night months before.
Inwardly, he's panicking a bit. But he makes it a point to maintain a strong demeanor, for her sake.]
I've got you.
[He promises before tearing the corset off of her and pulling up her blouse to see where the infliction point is. There's marks on her side that suggest a bite wound, although there's no visible injury, and he rests a hand there atop of them.]
I need you to listen to me, Oriphi. Focus on my voice.
[He begins to focus his dreamotion energy at the source of infection, remembering how he trained with Kazuma's nightmare-infected scales... and remembering how Ori and Thoma both did the same for him.]
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The darkness that seeps out from under her corset causes his blood to run cold. Diluc knows what this is, and he knows what it means. One glance at her face - and the expression he finds etched across her features - confirms what he fears. Nightmare energy is infecting her, seeping into some unnoticed wound. Much like it had done to him, on a miserable night months before.
Inwardly, he's panicking a bit. But he makes it a point to maintain a strong demeanor, for her sake.]
I've got you.
[He promises before tearing the corset off of her and pulling up her blouse to see where the infliction point is. There's marks on her side that suggest a bite wound, although there's no visible injury, and he rests a hand there atop of them.]
I need you to listen to me, Oriphi. Focus on my voice.
[He begins to focus his dreamotion energy at the source of infection, remembering how he trained with Kazuma's nightmare-infected scales... and remembering how Ori and Thoma both did the same for him.]