[He nods at that. Part of him wants to be reassured to hear that Alexei's dreams are the same despite how off he's been lately, but at the same time...have his methods changed?

At least he has confirmation that Alexei won't be using these methods.]

I didn't think you would. After the amount of work that you've put into your dreams, I would imagine that Hamelin's offer would come off as more of an insult than anything.