[ Maybe not the first night after having the Lonely dragged out of him. Otherwise? Every night. And at least as often as it takes for this to become rote, to become just tiring instead of terrifying. A nightmare zoo with only one nightmare in it.

Martin's apologetic, as he always is at this point. ]

I'm sorry, Subaru.

[ That scent is different though ... did he not notice it before because of the Lonely? Or ... ]