[It works. She is reassured. And why wouldn't she be? For the brief time she had known him, Sebastian had been hyper-competant and gentlemanly, intelligent and loyal, and his hands now are comforting and warm- what she wants them to be.

Needs them to be.]

Then if I work hard enough... I might one day be able to save the shards of all the villagers?

[It's more a question to the air than it is to him, like she's already decided that must be how it has to be. If she could only save Wolfram, and not the women whose safety she had been tasked with... ?]

Sebastian... You must tell me everything I need to know about this place.