( As much as he was counting on, hoping for Ratio to let him stay and... not sell him out, it still counts as a surprise that he does so with only one request. That's easy enough, and-- he thinks he sees something in his expression that warms a part of Aventurine that he thought he'd left back on the sands of his home.

It's something that he now has a chance to figure out what he's going to do about it, instead of ignoring it in favor of... simply not. )

Trust you to not have any houseguests. I guess your... exacting nature really only lets the most stubborn of fools past your door, huh? ( Which he has proved, over and over again, to be. As for the rest, well-- ) Thank you, Ratio.

( It's a debt he can't even begin to pay back. )