What a topic they were getting into. Perhaps best if they left it alone. Aidou… didn’t know how to resolve his own feelings, let alone someone else’s, someone so different from him to begin with.

He turned instead to the persistent dilemma that was Sasuke’s blindness. Although the boy had grown more accustomed to his disability since those first few days, it could still be problematic, as in the case of a battle, or in this case, being unable to identify his surroundings.

“Hm, maybe I’ve been there. What could you tell about it?” he asked. Who knew what could happen--if they didn’t know anything about the ring itself, they could at least figure out where it might lead, if Landel’s fanciful little teleporter actually worked as advertised. He knew almost all of the first two floors by reputation, if not personal experience. From what he’d learned from Hime, though, people had ended up in all sorts of unusual places… “Anyway, Zack’s waiting. We should talk while we move.”

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