[ Elda actually makes to take back her hand a little bit quicker when Lusamine calls out the contact. The card game the other night had been fun, but perhaps it was too soon to consider it normal

... But...

Then her hand is caught.

She- She needs to touch up the nail polish on her friends hands but this isn't the right time. Elda-

Smiles? Smiles a little more ]

No, it really shan't be satisfying for him. Because where there is hope, there is also an abundance of sentimentality. So many of us are feeling it now, that kinship, connection. Perhaps... even love.

[ She shifts her hand a little to clasp Lusamine's. ]

I'm glad to have met you, Lusamine.