"...I don't know," he answers truthfully. The events of the evening are unlike anything he's ever experienced before - perhaps unlike anyone has ever experienced. There's no way to know in the moment if the effects will be permanent or not, if the spirits that have found their way to them will continue to try to hold onto their attachments indefinitely.

For his own sake, he hopes not. But for hers...

"But at the very least, it seems as though it is doing you the most good. Perhaps that is enough."