[he relinquishes the glasses without complaint, and watches his hands.]

He told me he was proud a me. How close I got, all a the shit I went through to get to that point.

[wait, that isn't an answer. but there are some things he wants to keep to himself, even to the exclusion of ruka; the mentoring, the deal they cut on violet streaked sands.]

I don't know. Maybe. Probably ain't an option anyway, now that he knows I'll actually do it.