- Um... May I speak with you a moment?
- Oh, yeah, I was just about to take a break.
You need something?
- Our relationship has been strained for a while,
[cdb]so I thought it was time to resolve our issues.
- Uh... It has?
- Yes. At least I've felt that way, ever since the incident.
- The pastry incident?
- The ghost incident?
- Oh, you mean that time I found you hiding out and
[cdb]chowing down on some pastries?
- Oh, you mean that time you were hollering about
[cdb]some ghost, but it turned out to be a dead tree?
- I didn't think anything about that. And I didn't tell
[cdb]anyone either.
- No, not that! Well, yes, there was that, but there was
[cdb]another, more defining incident, remember?
- Are you talking about the time I treated you like
[cdb]a kid and you got all mad?
- Yes, of course that's what I'm talking about.
- That happened a long time ago. Has it really been
[cdb]eating at you ever since?
- Well, I mean, I was unable to maintain my composure
[cdb]and got rather aggressive with you over trivial details.
- I kept telling myself that I had to apologize,
[cdb]but I could never bring myself to do it. But now...
I'm, uh... I'm sorry.
- Well, I'd like to apologize too. I should've been more
[cdb]careful with what I said.
- Why does being called a kid upset you so much?
- If you don't think of yourself that way, then any
[cdb]comments of the kind should be like water off
[cdb]a duck's back.
- Look, I'm a tiny bit younger than everyone else,
[cdb]and it doesn't help that I'm shorter too.
- Plus, I do have somewhat of a baby face.
- Really? You don't look that young to me.
- You... You don't think so?
- Yeah. Now that I really look at you, I think you're
[cdb]a very pretty young woman. You act real mature too.
- Oh, no, I'm not really...
- But most importantly, your skill at commanding
[cdb]troops puts all the real adults to shame.
- Hold on. "Real adults"?! So what you're saying is
[cdb]that I'm ultimately still just a child!
- Ah crud, I misspoke. What I meant was...
- There you go, making excuses again.
Now I know exactly what you think of me.
- This conversation's going sideways again, isn't it?
- Hmph! It would seem so. Though... I suppose
[cdb]forgiving you would be the mature thing to do.
- Hey, there you go! See? You are a real
[cdb]grown-up, Lysithea!
- Something about this still rubs me the wrong way,
[cdb]but... Oh fine. I just ask that you keep treating me
[cdb]like the adult I am.