[ oh... that whiplash. he gets it just a bit and offers a kinder smile. ]

It's normal to crave the familiar over newer and shinier things... I'm not surprised. It's a rather lovely stage, though, we should definitely see it used, at the very least by this week.

[ he's about to say more, but there is... a bubble that's sort of swallowing them up now. ]

What in the—

[ instinct says to press against it, so he does, but it doesn't. seem to give. ]