[ He's like Athena-san. She respects that, and in her heart of hearts, would like to be that kind of optimistic too. That she takes in the worst possible scenario so that she can hope for rectifying that, with help, into something less terrible to contemplate is... a kind of warped logic, but it's one that keeps her own hope from being crushed, regardless of what truth is exposed around the circumstances of their own worlds. It's optimism, from a different angle. What she can't accept is that there's no way to regain what she's been told they've had taken away from them on such a scale her mind balks from contemplating it in full.

So she's entirely earnest when she says: ]

I feel that's a nice hope to hold on to, Stahn-san. I hope it's the truest one.

[ But hope is a whimsical, stubborn creature, and her hopes aren't all along the same lines, or even in agreeance with each other. She'd still love for him to be right.

What a wonderful truth that would be. ]

Were you and Dymlos-san locked out of your apartment earlier today?

[ Are you both going to be okay? Wherever they live gives her something concrete to hold on to as a question; much more so than asking if they'll be okay should their magic start malfunctioning once again. ]