At Hann's mention of her mum, Ern looked at her with concern but decided against pursuing it any further. He suspected that she'd probably feel frustrated with him changing the subject once more.
"I--I'm better now that I know that it was just a dream," Ernie said, starting to feel his heart rate going down. He reached over to smooth Hannah's hair from her face with his fingers. "I just need to remember it's just a dream. It's probably something I ate, being too stressed out, or some memory from work." The latter part was something of a lie as this wasn't something he could actually say he remembered. "I'm alright though. So don't worry."
Even the most gruesome cases he had faced weren't as disturbing as this. The killing curse was typically not as gruesome as this.