The slimy feeling disappears, just in time, replaced by blackness all around. You can hear Vatch's voice in your head, though you can't see a thing.
"Confidence can be a curse," he says. "Confidence can convince you to lead with your weak foot; assume where you could be curious; to ask for help only after defeat.
"Think you, Bandochel, you have confidence to spare? If so, then help I can render."