[He's aware that he isn't exactly going to be good at this, nor is it going to be easy with how bad his head can get sometimes, but he can try. Trying has to be better than not bothering at all.

That should be the end of it, but when Varian speaks up again Fern blinks. That is... surprisingly deep.]

Plus est en vous?

[It almost sounds like a term Bonnie would know. He doesn't have all that much experience with French, so as he's thinking about this he repeats it, to try and get the pronunciation down.]

Plus est en vous.

[There is more in you. While Fern can feel the echoes of uncertainty creeping into his mind (there isn't more in him, maybe in other people, but not him), it's still a little... encouraging? Without sounding hollow or like some cheesy inspirational line. He can see why Varian is bringing it up, and he doesn't want to dismiss it with his usual self-deprecating pessimism. Nope, right now he wants to try.]

I think it does, too. Sounds like the kind of think you wanna repeat to yourself when you're feeling lower than crud.

[Or rather, sounds like the kind of think he should repeat to himself. Varian too, if he isn't already.]