He nodded. They were starting again, and he was so relieved that she'd given him that chance to make things right. It made him wonder- maybe a fool's hope- if maybe he could make things right with Lilith, too.

He was a mess, but he was trying. Even if Lilith decided that they were 100% through in the end, he wanted to show that the dreamer hadn't died completely.

He wanted to show that maybe loving him before wasn't a waste of her time.

"Yeah! Yeah, you get it. I've been pretty idle for a... a while. She probably won't believe me at first, but that's fine! I just wanna keep making stories for her."