[ The perks of being the tallest sibling... Granted, there's some folk he's met back home that were giants compared to him still... Seeing her positively beaming has the impact of practically melting him. Even if he doesn't show it much on the surface, there's a warmth that spreads from his chest when she asks him about what he's going to have for lunch. Once she's dusted herself off and straightened her skirt, he's straightened his own jacket out of impulse before he finishes mulling his choices over.

But not before he steps in by her side to slide his hand in hers out of habit. If he didn't do it first, she would have. It's the bustling nature of the mall, right? It's just so they wouldn't get split up! ...Is what he might have told himself in the past. Now it's genuinely just something he wants— especially when it concerned the first person who opened his eyes to how touching someone without consequence could feel this good. That it could feel this okay. If the day came where the Azure Grimoire regained its old potency, it's one that he would only dread if it meant being unable to do this again.

Either way, he takes the lead once more, an idle tug all it takes as they blend in with the rest of the crowd walking through the mall as they make their way to one of the few spacious dining districts the Nest provides; it wasn't anything like the food courts, but restaurants lining the walls of the hallway! ]

I'm feeling something meatier...I'm gonna hafta look at the menu for specific names. [ Granted, pizzerias or Italian restaurants would have a bigger variety in the first place. Ragna might change his mind. fdkjlas ] And...huh. You know what? I actually haven't. Not even since I got here.