"Being sure of yourself when you're starting something is overvalued. Sometimes your heart's more set than your head. Anyway I doubt there's much in this world that could have stopped you. A very tenacious thing, you are."

The rest...

Lemm takes his time with the rest. His hand moves mostly unconsciously and feathers his fingertips underneath their writing, half-following as he reads. He is unreadable himself, for a time.

"And you know now it's Hallownest itself that's mad," he says - and it is not up for debate, by the way he says it so factually. "It was, and is, a result of a load of unbelievable misconceptions, oversights, and atrocious decisions. Anyone would start to question themselves in a place like this, and in a position like yours. You're clear on that now, are you?"

This should be addressed first, and with care.