"old man Shakir, how is the Dungeon connected to all this".
Just like how he had an intuition that a terrestrial being is beyond what is happening to their city, Ricus was very quick to believe the intuition of Shakir despite him being retired.
Shakir's body had trouble keeping up with his thoughts, he wanted to spill out everything to Ricus as fast as he could, but the pressure of thinking that something might have happened to Dana kept his mind shaking uncontrollably.
Despite the speech challenges Shakir was facing, he still forced himself to speak to Ricus, telling him everything he knows that could lead to the tribulations they currently are facing. He had to, as long as Dana isn't back yet, he had to push himself to the limits.
"Ri... Ricus. This feeling I am having, this tingling feeling crawling on my skin, I have felt it all before. Fear that has you paralyzed, heat that has you sweating without moving. I have felt everything before".