They sound quite interesting, really. I'd be curious to know of their culture. Maybe if you feel up to laying it out some time, over drinks. Better than the ale from before.

( If she's going to go on and say that he doesn't much bother her after all, which he takes as an easy invitation to, you know. Continue contact. Instead he's just fond as she goes on, telling her to butt out. )

You aren't in the least. Perhaps I have made some significant mistake or another— we're all from very different countries at the end of the day. I imagine my ways are difficult enough. If I had better options, however, I would have taken them in a heartbeat.

I won't apologize for what I've done for the sake of all.

( Because he's... yet to make the most egregious mistakes, so for now all that's on his mind is the Fall of Beacon and the Dust Embargo and closing down the country's borders. His plans for Amity Coliseum and restoring communications. The upcoming elections. One of only two (supposedly) functioning Academies and its processes, the efforts for Mantle— trying to pinpoint any one mistake is a needle in a haystack. )