He followed the serving, letting silence making the sound of pouring tea a ritual of it's own. He did feel curious when the small bowl was placed, but did not risk it yet. Thanking the younger Chrysanthemums for the tea, he nodded as Kiku spoke, feeling his worries lift away.
- "I do." - He met her eyes for a second as he spoke in low tone. Genuinely, and intentionally, showing that this was a topic he felt emotionally weak about. - "I am but a foreigner trying to grasp at the straws of this lands dreams." - He kept tracing in his mind the similarities between issues faced in Rheinland and the Chrysanthemums. - "And yet I desire to... do something else than watch."
