[ Listen, past years of suffering in which seeking you out was necessary are not what we should look to as a goal-worthy. ]

I want to know what you have to share, but before that we need to discuss something else. [ And it's... big. Perhaps too much so for a casual chat in the middle of some backstreet populated by the occasional milling passerby. Especially when his brother is clearly a witch and he also appears to be one at first glance, drawing more attention as a result. Still, they have little choice. ]

I think for many reasons this isn't something you want to hear, but you need to prepare for the possibility that you will wake up from this dream and have a life again.