[Somewhat flabbergasted, Aether looks down at Dainsleif's single suitcase, uncomprehending for all of one moment before it finally sinks in that the man is well and truly serious. All his worldly possessions fit in that one, solitary travelling-case.]
Oh.
[There it is. Everything he owns, or at least everything he chose to keep for himself.
Aether knows he shouldn't say it, but it's slipped out before he can stop himself:]
Th-That's it?
[The young man winces visibly after the words leave his lips. He doesn't step inside, despite Dainsleif's vague attempt to welcome him in. Of course he didn't mean to imply that Dainsleif was somehow disappointing, or that his embrace of a minimalist lifestyle was anything to be scoffed at. Naturally, he didn't mean to suggest anything like the idea that Dainsleif was somehow lacking without Lumine's presence in his life. And yet, well... it's hard not to worry about the sad, handsome man his sister has decided she doesn't need in his life, standing in the doorway with only a single suitcase to his name when Aether had some prepared to move furniture, boxes, a whole piano if need be.]
I mean — where are you going? You're not moving into a bare flat, are you?
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Oh.
[There it is. Everything he owns, or at least everything he chose to keep for himself.
Aether knows he shouldn't say it, but it's slipped out before he can stop himself:]
Th-That's it?
[The young man winces visibly after the words leave his lips. He doesn't step inside, despite Dainsleif's vague attempt to welcome him in. Of course he didn't mean to imply that Dainsleif was somehow disappointing, or that his embrace of a minimalist lifestyle was anything to be scoffed at. Naturally, he didn't mean to suggest anything like the idea that Dainsleif was somehow lacking without Lumine's presence in his life. And yet, well... it's hard not to worry about the sad, handsome man his sister has decided she doesn't need in his life, standing in the doorway with only a single suitcase to his name when Aether had some prepared to move furniture, boxes, a whole piano if need be.]
I mean — where are you going? You're not moving into a bare flat, are you?