[ She smiles wistfully in return, perhaps thinking of memories from their childhood. There may be a lot of emotional baggage when it comes to Kazuma, some of it Leia would probably never know about, considering he'd been secretive even with her, but the point is she still loved him, and she's glad that it somehow came through, to someone outside looking in.

The sakura flowers in her hairpiece start to glow faintly against the dreary weather. ]

I always looked up to him when I was little. Even when we found him again, that time had caused quite the rift between us for a lot of reasons, but... if there's one thing I am thankful for, being stuck in a dream, it is the chance to get to know him again.