[A faint smile comes to his face, only barely softening the concern there.
Altius didn't expect the young man to share every detail even if he would have been pleased to hear them, but for now, he's gotten enough. He's getting a remarkable amount of sincerity from Scott in those last words, after all.
The genuine feeling behind his reply almost matches the tone he says it with:]
Me too. [And since the conversation is unlikely to turn back to the serious matters he sought...] We might have had to organize some sort of festival in your honor if you didn't come back, you know.
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Altius didn't expect the young man to share every detail even if he would have been pleased to hear them, but for now, he's gotten enough. He's getting a remarkable amount of sincerity from Scott in those last words, after all.
The genuine feeling behind his reply almost matches the tone he says it with:]
Me too. [And since the conversation is unlikely to turn back to the serious matters he sought...] We might have had to organize some sort of festival in your honor if you didn't come back, you know.