Don't mind if I do. [ He smiles as he takes a seat and begins to unpack the various food stuffs Saori made for him. ]

Thank you for all of this Saori. It's-it's been a strange year and this day is always hard for me. It-it makes me...over think things sometimes. S-So I apologize if I've been distant these past few days. That last shift...it didn't help. Every single one I've had here always had Elise alive and well, but never with me as we were back home. It makes me wonder if there's some poetic irony the Malnosso are trying to tell me.