Of course I did. [It's far too easy for his eyes to hide behind his long bangs as he lowers his head.] I still do.
[If he were honest with himself, he always had. Not a day had passed when he hadn't waited for Pryna's, and later Umbra's, presence to see her responses. When he awoke from that brief dream, to see the Ring pressed into his hand and the notebook with a sylleblossom perfectly pressed where her response would have been...
He only slightly jumps at the fists suddenly on the table.]
I know... it doesn't help much. But by the time I last remember, you did give it back. [What a terrible time for the bar's roof to spring a leak over their table.] But just like my family's magic and our... our notebook...I awoke here without it.
[And yet, he sounds even more heartbroken at the lack of that little orange-colored book.]
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[If he were honest with himself, he always had. Not a day had passed when he hadn't waited for Pryna's, and later Umbra's, presence to see her responses. When he awoke from that brief dream, to see the Ring pressed into his hand and the notebook with a sylleblossom perfectly pressed where her response would have been...
He only slightly jumps at the fists suddenly on the table.]
I know... it doesn't help much. But by the time I last remember, you did give it back. [What a terrible time for the bar's roof to spring a leak over their table.] But just like my family's magic and our... our notebook...I awoke here without it.
[And yet, he sounds even more heartbroken at the lack of that little orange-colored book.]