Slow and ponderous like the cosmos. Potentially as deadly too. He’d almost expected an answer in the negative and feels more relieved than he cares to admit at that…actually pretty ordinary reply.

So Ain is still not without his more pedestrian, more human qualities, then.

“Never mind the cleaning, then.” He’s more or less been forced to accept that Add’s technology is necessary in cleaning some of the impossible areas, such as that endless spiral staircase. Still. This is a start.

“All that I can manage on my own, but I could use some help with making dinner.” Not really, he thinks, but it’s as good a way as any for him to see how well Ain can manage himself as a shinki here.

Be…sides…can he even eat? With the damn hole in his chest? Does Jakob really want to know?!