[His celebratory mood dims as he sees the contemplative look on her face, a look that seems to be reserved for Serious Dreamer Business these days. For a moment, he's worried she's going to bring up news of another potential Disturbance-- or worse, something connected to the whole Ango case, which he still hadn't wanted to talk about-- but then she brings up another matter entirely, much to his surprise.]

... hmmm?

[He blinks for a moment, eyes round and pensive, trying to recall the incident from last summer. With everything that had happened over the past few months, it was almost too easy to have let it slip from his mind, but finally--]

Oh... it disconnected, didn't it? That was when the other locations started going all wonky and we had to go and make sure they didn't start drifting off, too.

[AND HE HAD TO FIGHT A FUCKING DRAGON TO BOOT.... although Ange gave him a special shout-out afterwards for all of his troubles, so the effort hadn't been entirely in vain! Still, he can't help but feel like Ai was hinting towards something here, something that he hadn't exactly considered before, and his brow furrows in mild disbelief.]

But... that couldn't have been connected to what happened with Mio-chan, right? That Disturbance of hers popped up after we got everything else anchored down. Unless...

... you think it could have been related, somehow?