[Nooo attachments, right. Never mind all his talk of Featherman, at this age and otherwise.

[If he moved a lot, maybe that was a tether. Aubrey decides not to mention it.]

Home away from home, right? [If that word has extra weight to him, she doesn’t expect Akechi to show it.] No more… medieval fantasy stuff, for a while.

[No reminders, maybe. Different ones.]

I know you’ll never be settled-settled here… but it sounds kind of nice. Especially after that crazy future.