(embarrassed about being caught, but still glad something's been said, jonas, flushed, raises his elbow against ichigo's nudge to return the physical gesture.) No, I—you're good. I've just—I'm super rusty at this. Actually, I think I was born rusty.

Which is good, because now we match.

(he motions to ichigo's hair, letting that terrible joke sink in before clearing his throat.

real friends. wild.)

I've been by on jogs and stuff. The first couple of weeks after we got here, I just wandered around a lot. Up here in Serene, out to the Barrens... The academy is pretty cool. They must have insanely smart people in there. You live long enough and you know pretty much everything, right?