In the wake of her question he was quiet for a short span as they worked to get the bells strung up and secured above the door. It wasn't until she had finished her side that he admitted, quietly: "...Yes." And he might have left it there, had Elizabeth not been a friend. Since she was, however, he offered more of himself; a gift of trust to the Halovian therapist. "It was not taken from me entirely. Safrin allowed it to remain in my remaking. But it is... limited. To one of my shifted forms."
Rather than allow the mood to take a more solemn turn, he focused instead on his friend's magic and the story of its awakening. Accepting the nail, he looped his own side of the bell string around it before pressing it firmly into place against the wall. Hammering carefully, he kept his eyes on the task while his hostess went to obtain more bells. "Mmh. I have not read it." A solemn admission, and his expression remained serenely stoic as he turned around to follow her to their next location. His voice was carefully bland as he continued, an air of pure innocence about him. "But I have heard it is... satisfying. In how the love triangle is resolved. What are your thoughts on it?"
Rather than allow the mood to take a more solemn turn, he focused instead on his friend's magic and the story of its awakening. Accepting the nail, he looped his own side of the bell string around it before pressing it firmly into place against the wall. Hammering carefully, he kept his eyes on the task while his hostess went to obtain more bells. "Mmh. I have not read it." A solemn admission, and his expression remained serenely stoic as he turned around to follow her to their next location. His voice was carefully bland as he continued, an air of pure innocence about him. "But I have heard it is... satisfying. In how the love triangle is resolved. What are your thoughts on it?"
