Haha, no need to apologize. It was kind enough to consider us at all, of course!

[Of course.]

—Ah. Are you responsible for these, by the way? [He points to his little bunny ears scrunchie which he's still wearing in his hair.] What are they keeping us safe from, exactly? Is it a point of stabilization so we can exist here, or is it some sort of ward?

[Or a DEMON BRAND.]