The cookie helps. A hug helps, too, and maybe some Minor Illusion. But for the most part, just seeing Sayori takes a load off for him. He seems visibly more relaxed after checking in with every single Reclaimer he’s made an attachment to.

What helps most, though, is getting down to doing what he does best. He nods, determined, at her question.

“It’s possible in theory to have an artifact so powerful that it can affect the very fabric of the planar system in this way, ma’am, but there’s never been anything like that before. If there was, we probably wouldn’t be standing here right now. But if I had to make a guess, I’d say whatever is making Wonderland happen is hooked into Yggdrasil itself. Only an incredibly powerful source could fuel layers and layers of illusion like this. I think that’s it — that Wonderland is using Yggdrasil for food, for lack of a better word, ma’am. That it’s been set up by someone to run on Yggdrasil’s power.”

Also, he would absolutely want to be part of this research! He’s king research and definitely has his own theories, but he’s also happy to buckle down and follow any leads as they come up. Sometimes it just takes manpower to get through this sort of thing. Or detectiveboypower.