[After a second, he adds (perhaps prompted by Maine's expression):]
Bit by bit. If we fail so hard that it shatters completely, we'll be thrown out of the ritual. Could be worse, right?
[Whether Maine can more or less accept that or not, he loses no time walking up to his next doppelgänger and shaking his head at its statement of "You hate dogs".]
no subject
[After a second, he adds (perhaps prompted by Maine's expression):]
Bit by bit. If we fail so hard that it shatters completely, we'll be thrown out of the ritual. Could be worse, right?
[Whether Maine can more or less accept that or not, he loses no time walking up to his next doppelgänger and shaking his head at its statement of "You hate dogs".]
No, they're alright.