[The turn to lighter conversation is fine with him, both because they've each been a lot more honest than usual and that's exhausting, and because it's a process. A little bit of progress is enough, and pushing harder right now won't do any good.

He's glad to see Ian's posture relax just a little, and so does his own as he shifts out of his intensely engaged countenance and into his more casual one.]

Ephemera brought me eggrolls like my first day in the safehouse, and after Hadriel that blew my mind too. I'm pretty sure he thought I hadn't eaten in a week.

[He's only slightly exaggerating, but wow had that been good food even without real meat in it.]