I've been here for little more than a month. [ He said, bluntly. ] Two weeks before the new arrivals. My experience here has been the same as yours.

[ A beat, and then. ] Though if this world is anything like Horos, I fully expect even worse beings to surface with time. The dryad wasn't that bad compared to some of the things I've seen.

[ But there's a beat. Because the skin-to-skin mention certainly is how its done. Just like Mamorou, Silco also disliked it. It's apparent on his face, before he repeated: ] Yes. Skin-to-skin contact.

[ Ugh, it was in his voice. Does it sound like he likes it? He doesn't. ] I'm afraid to stop it, it's required.