[It's hard to keep his mind blank as they walk, but he can't help but return to the fact that he wasn't able to control himself. The Natural Soul inside of him took over, leaving himself stranded and unable to break free to keep himself from doing something so terrible. Childe knows that he won't let that stop him, that he'll redouble his efforts to make sure his mind is always the one in the forefront.

But when he thinks on it further, those instincts of his Natural Soul influence his conscious mind already. What will happen if they meld together into one? There's so much to consider, but he needs to focus at least on never falling to those dark dreams again, somehow...

The nudge to his arm brings him out of that thought, staring down silently at her. Yoimiya isn't wrong, but he's used to being able to master things quickly. To have such a huge setback to all his work so far is a little deflating, but he nods nonetheless anyway.]

Yeah, it was certainly something unforeseen on my part. Never could I of imagined that we were susceptible to a sudden sleep into a realm of nightmares as our Natural Souls ran amok in our bodies. I'd seen a few already succumb to it, but I had no idea how to combat it. And none were as violent as...

[His sentence cuts off, sighing and refusing to finish that thought.]

Anyway, surely the authorities and Patho-Gen will be looking for the one responsible for that man's disappearance. What are you planning to do? You were witness to it, after all.