[ It definitely isn't a coincidence. For all the suppressed magic around here, there seems to be one particular source of curses. Trahearne will readily acknowledge that. ]

It doesn't. I understand the need to push people closer together so that we may "form bonds," as she puts it, having one's nightmares revealed feels...somewhat perverted.

[ He feels bad for that stranger who dreamt of his own worst. ]

I doubt you need my reassurance, but regardless, I don't think any less of you, He Xuan. I won't pry as to what it all meant.