[It takes a few seconds to actually get what Rideaux is trying to say, in absence of Rita to translate. ...Though really, if Rita were here, he wouldn't need to have this conversation in the first place. She was the only one he could really count on for help with his blastia, with Alexei out of the picture.]

Hmm... That's a scientific and less of a poetic way of puttin' it, but yeah, it's somethin' like that. [He scratches his stubble thoughtfully. He's not even going to get into ideas like apatheia or the spirits for now. Best to just keep the explanation down to the nuts and bolts of it.]

So, d'you think you can help this old man or not? I can pay however much you need for the hassle.