[ It's nice to know that someone he trusts and looks up to has faced this issue before, and that she has come out of it with an optimistic outlook. It would be worth the risk, wouldn't it? He's sure of it. The trouble will be if Alisaie doesn't agree, and if he makes his case and she doesn't...

Well, that's that. But now he's in too far to back out without giving it a shot first. ]

Y'know, I didn't think about it like that...but there's gotta be some way we can all hang out when this is all over, right? I don't want to say goodbye to any of you guys.

[ He's made such wonderful friends here, whether he deserves them or not. ]