[Tenka doesn't really say much to that, instead helping himself to the futon and the pillow and the blanket if Sousei's not going to use any of them. He's quiet again for a bit, but not vacant - quite the opposite. It's one of those moments where Tenka's emotions are in full force again and it feels as if he doesn't try to calm them or at least keep them from escaping, he might lose himself or expose himself too much.

Such was the concern when a being that feasted on negativity and internal chaos once dwelled in his cells. Old habits die hard.

So instead of addressing anything like that, he's instead just going to try to walk Sousei down the exact path of his own emotions - a way of distancing himself from them but also keeping his partner in the loops. He just hopes it works.]

Do you remember when we were kids, though? And when I had a nightmare I'd do this and you'd be so grouchy about it but...

[You never kick him out and he trusts you.]

Imagine a nightmare that lasts five days. And until the sixth morning, you never know if you're gonna wake up.

[It's enough to exhaust even his infallible cheerfulness - to make him question himself.]