[He just smiled knowingly in response. Oh, she'll see it in due time.
Slinging his bag over his shoulder, he leads her to the shopping district; the trip is mostly quiet, save the occasional tidbit of small talk he'd start -- mostly about the town as a whole, how she was faring. There were a few things he'd let slip, like how he'd seen Inaba as more of a home than he did the city he'd moved in from, and how he'd found a little circle of friends he could rely on, among others. He seemed a little distant, though, when he let the conversation drift to those more sensitive topics...
They were touchy things to talk about, but he didn't mind. While he didn't exactly give her the full story, it was still the honest truth.
Eventually, he stops just outside Aiya, looking up at the sign.]
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Slinging his bag over his shoulder, he leads her to the shopping district; the trip is mostly quiet, save the occasional tidbit of small talk he'd start -- mostly about the town as a whole, how she was faring. There were a few things he'd let slip, like how he'd seen Inaba as more of a home than he did the city he'd moved in from, and how he'd found a little circle of friends he could rely on, among others. He seemed a little distant, though, when he let the conversation drift to those more sensitive topics...
They were touchy things to talk about, but he didn't mind. While he didn't exactly give her the full story, it was still the honest truth.
Eventually, he stops just outside Aiya, looking up at the sign.]
This is the place.