"APPA, are you alright?"
Nikolai was, in no way, alright.
[How can I be when my daughter has seen the fragments of the past I wish to forget?]
However, he didn't want to show it in front of Neoma. His daughter might think that she might be the cause of his negative emotions.
Hence, he smiled at Neoma.
"I'm alright, Neoma. I just got worried when you said you were having bad dreams often," Nikolai said, trying to act as calmly as he could. "Do you often have a bad dream, Neoma?"
Neoma fell silent for a moment as if she was trying to remember, then she shook her head. "It happened often when Appa hadn't regained his memories yet. But after our family got back together, I don't have bad dreams anymore."
He was relieved to hear that.
