[ Childe could speak up again, but he decides to listen and to more closely observe the other as he answers and struggles.

Finally, there's the slightest upward turn of his mouth even as he leans in to deceptively swipe his thumb along on edge of Joonghyuk's mouth gently in a gesture to clear away some of the sludge dripping so unbecomingly. It's brief in nature with neither haste to pull away nor linger.

Pulling his hand hand back, Childe offers a quiet response. ].

Best response I've heard since waking up here myself. I'll commit to it if you do. [ without a second thought, he presses his gloved thumb to his own mouth before running his tongue along it to idly swipe up the Kenoma essence taken from the other and swallow it himself. It's a strangely silent ... promise? Deal? Offer of comradery?

Or, maybe it's nothing at all, just yet another attempt of distraction for Joonghyuk's focus to hook onto that which isn't his own suffering.

It's hard to tell. Childe's voice remains at it's lower tone, not out of fear of being heard, but perhaps simply out of the remark being to himself more than anyone else. ]

Whatever side you pick... looking forward to seeing what you'll do.