On the contrary. I've heard that a personal perspective on contemporary events can be invaluable to historians. Ah, but I hope we won't be here long enough for that to be a concern.

[His expression twists. They've been here long enough already, even with his impromptu... absence. Things may have been resolved, after a fashion, but that doesn't mean he's any less willing to return home, no matter the cost.

He snorts a laugh at her description.]

They still have the naïve idealism that lets them think they can. Once, I thought that was a bad thing. I haven't decided yet if I still do.

[Of course she likes Haru. The one person who has the most cause to destroy him personally, even if she'd reassured him she doesn't think like that.]