[ His brow tenses. ]

... The gods are to blame for your world going into ten years of darkness, yes?

[ Izunia told him... a lot, to say the least. ]

I just ask, because... the situation isn't too different, on Daeseon. Only, in the case of that world, it's because our sun is dying. We've been in darkness for well over a hundred years, and there's no telling how much time we have left. We haven't... figured out the solution, yet.

[ But...! Deep breath!!! ]

We don't have to talk about it anymore, if you're not comfortable. I know we're still practically strangers... and...

[ Annnnd now he's just. Going to fidget with the hair tie on his wrist for a moment... ]