[He knows, at least, the next few months of his life now and that's a scary sort of thing. It's why he has the thread from Istus tied around his wrist, an attempt to remind himself that the goddess of fate likes him, that things are probably going to work out okay. But it's still a lot.]

Lup liked him, I mean, she liked teasing him so I guess that's kinda her way of showing it. Lucretia was not a fan, couldn't figure him out, you know how she is with shit she can't control.

[Things this isn't: actually talking about Rin, but that's still a little too hard. It's only been a couple of weeks.]