Even before he had opened his mouth, he knew this was going to be an incredibly difficult thing to convince Svetlana of. Convincing her he wasn't Molokov when that was what she saw, what she heard. And Svetlana also lived in logic. Magical curses did not fall into the realm of logic, even if it fell into the operating form of supernatural logic that this world had. But just because they had lived in this place for over a year did not mean thinking curses were real were instantly leaping to their minds as potential things to happen to them. Well, except in Anatoly's case because he was weird and, well, the proof was right in Fayina's post and right in front of him in Svetlana.
Clearly the more he spoke, the less he'd be able to convince Svetlana he wasn't Molokov. Because if she heard Molokov's voice and saw him, well, that would be proof enough for Svetlana because seeing was believing. Curses, while obviously they were powerful, wouldn't enter into her mind as a possibility that was happening to her because it wasn't logical, even if it could explain what she'd seen and experienced. Which really left Anatoly with just needed to kiss her to break the curse because he did believe in their love and the past year of reconnecting and working through their issues had proven that they had never truly lost their connection, that it was always there. And he was going to use it now to save her.
Or she could trip and fall on the train tracks.
Which was closely followed by the call of a train whistle.
Oh god, that was not a good sign. Like hell was Anatoly going to let Svetlana die by getting hit by a train now. So he did what was logical to him, which was save Svetlana's life. Moving forward while Svetlana scanned for something she could use to defend herself with, he quickly reached out and grabbed her arm, pulling her up and off the train tracks, pulled her against him and moved them both away from the train tracks a little ways so neither of them would die.
"Svetochka, I know it is difficult, but right now you need to look at me with your heart, not your eyes." Which, well, was an incredibly Anatoly thing to say. Especially from before Molokov had ever entered their lives. At which point he attempted to kiss her.