[ Listen forever. Oh, no. Now he'll really never stop. The only thing restraining him for the moment is the very important business of codenames. And he does utterly believe this is important business! And to what she's said — ]

No nose scrunching here! Mouth crinkling. When you smile and your mouth crinkles. Or mine does, anyway, I'm old. [ He teases a little, smiling warmly at her now. Crinkly. Ripply. Eyes that are happy and always a little sad. ]

Yūgen. Suits me, absolutely, it's perfect. Particularly the bit about the universe — I didn't tell you before, I'm a traveller through time and space specifically. Backwards and forwards and sideways, from one corner of the universe to the next. All there is to see, oh, it's endless. As to the story, there's this star — Astra — they were on the nose with that name. It orbits around the planet, Aria Luminara, and the rotations are unique such that the planet exists mostly in shadow, but every fifty years, Astra turns just right and the angle hits the large cliff formations on the eastern shores of this tiny little gem of a planet. It fills the valleys and canyons and villages with light and song for ten days.

[ For a moment, he's clearly lost in a memory, glancing out to the sky, then back to her. And then he pats down his pockets. ]

You must be hungry! How could I forget?

[ His mind leaps so easily from one top to the next and unfortunately, he's...delayed sometimes... ]