[oh buddy, buckle in for a fucking story.]

I was! It was terrifying! [Ignore how excited Rue sounds to reminisce about the experience, at the time it was very bad.]

I peered through a cursed magnifying glass - without knowing it was cursed beforehand, of course - and after seeing the visage of my betrothed even while he wasn't present, my eyes began to bleed. It was wretched.