[Well now Nida's smiling for real. Thanks, because the last thing he wants to have to do is jimmy the lock on the window while trying to climb in through it, okay? Besides, the shortest route to Billy at night is out through his own bedroom window, across a field, and in through Billy's.]

You're a warlock that's been to space, so I think you count as a Jedi.

[Feeling like New Years? Nida's expression falls at the reminder. That helpless look? Yeah. Yeah, he still feels the same.]

I'm... trying. Including trying to talk to Seifer and be a friend to him. And it's not going well.