[so he'd just missed them, huh... while he's glad to hear that ayaka left this place real quick, he's also not super thrilled to know that she returned to the endless time loop. it's a tough time to be a protective older brother around here!!! aether is so very wise to keep his smoochies with ayaka to himself. ayato's not gonna skewer him or anything, but he may give him a bit of a shovel talk. politely. with a smile.]

I see... thank you, Aether, for letting me know.

[this place really be messing with ayato's head regarding his family, a most precious thing to him. the simultaneous sting and balm of seeing his parents, so much shorter than he remembered them being, so weary and ragged but there/i>... and then missing his sister by a few months, and thoma by only weeks.

he shakes his head, offering a smile instead.]

There's a festival to be had, and festivals are meant to be enjoyed. It's rare that I have the time to do just that - might you accompany me?