This is a dangerous offer. Even if Rashad were certain he could trust Daniel (and that is yet another thing to regret, the loss of the ability to sense the telltale patterns of emotions associated with deliberate duplicity), it is not certain that the other being can help, or even that his efforts will not cause further harm. On the heels of that thought, however, comes the thought -- opinion? -- that whatever might become of him, it can hardly be worse than what he is experiencing now. If Daniel can put him right, realign being, he can cease to be the irrational, emotional thing he is now and return to his previous state. He was already only a fraction of what he should be, but at least he had the objectivity needed to attempt to comport himself in the correct way.

And if Daniel cannot, if he worsens Rashad's condition...perhaps then he will be too damaged to comprehend the pain of being what he is. That, too, might represent an improvement to his condition.

He sets his trembling mouth in a determined line and nods, first hesitantly and then a second time more firmly. "You may attempt it," he decides.