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[duskspear]

It seems my memories are not entirely lost. I've begun to recall moments of days recently past . . . though they are fleeting more often than not.

[He shakes his head. Inconvenient though it may be, he won't look a gift horse in the mouth.]

Perhaps the impression left by that memory is why I felt your eyes befitting of you.

[accretive]

Is it coming back naturally?

[ Or did he do something to trigger some of them returning? Is there an impetus that isn't hitting him hard on the back of the head? ]

Some memories coming back is better than none. [ However fleeting, however miniscule. ] ... It took a while, but I'm more comfortable with my eyes and what they signify now.

[ She doesn't know Roland is royalty, but she could tell he was at least nobility by the way he speaks and carries himself. There are marks you can't get rid of no matter what you hide and no matter what you forget. ]

I wasn't going to pry into your past, but I did wonder about it.

[duskspear]

[Is she perhaps sensitive about her eyes? What he finds beautiful may not necessarily be the same for others, though he's glad to hear that she's more comfortable now. He'll have to bear this in mind until he learns more about her, if she's willing.

For now, he nods at her question and takes solace in the fact that he's remembered anything at all.]

I remember precious little of my past. I do, however, recall a castle. Fukawa suggested that it could have been a childhood home . . .

[accretive]

[ They find the light novel that's about her life, and he can find out that way (no) (unless...?)

A castle is a bit at odds to how much of a hobo he looked like, but it's not too surprising. ]

I wonder.... if you had to leave that castle for something. You behaved in a way that hinted at it even if you didn't say it.

[duskspear]

[It's time to visit the library.

Athanasia's eyes must be as sharp as they are radiant. She's the first to raise this thought, though it might've been courtesy on the others' part. He's a strange character—elusive, most of all.]

You may be right. Whatever the case, I doubt I've set foot in Whiteholm Castle for some time now.

[He pauses. That's a name.]

[accretive]

[ Hello? ]

Did you remember something else?

[ This is a good sign, she hopes. ]

There was a time I couldn't set foot in the imperial palace because I was in danger.

[ If sharing a small secret can help him, she'll do her best. ]

[duskspear]

[All thoughts of Whiteholm go out the window at her little secret. Roland takes an alarmed step toward Athanasia.]

Does that mean you're safe now?

[accretive]

[ Boy. That's not what she meant to happen. She smiles, as reassuring as she can make it. ]

I'm safer at home than I've ever been. Safer than here, even. It was all in the past.

[duskspear]

[Every expression she makes is sweet. He'd hate to think that she were unsafe.]

That relieves me to hear. [Speaking of:] How have things fared here?

[accretive]

[ unfortunately, a common denominator of so many isekai webtoons are how the main character is unsafe in some way and they are doing their best to not raise a death flag. ]

... It's a little strange, but it's not so bad.

[ it could be worse, but the dungeons..... the dungeons have not been great. she's not a soldier type. ]

[duskspear]

That is good news.

[Everything about either world is a touch strange. He doesn't blame her for feeling that way.]

If there is aught with which you need help, call for me, and I will do everything in my power to offer it.

[accretive]

[ Even from the few times they've talked, she thinks maybe he should help himself a bit more, but she won't turn down anyone offering ot help it. It's vestiges from memories of a life when no one would help her.

It's still a little strange, and it's still something she can't fully grasp of people who haven't known her for years, but.... ]

I'll do my best to remember to call for you. I haven't run into too much trouble yet.

[ But maybe that's because she's been lucky for once. ]