[Lea idly notes how he removes the glasses to look at the clock across the room, a smile rising mostly unbidden to his features. He's never known anyone who wore glasses--it's kind of interesting to watch how they change things. Riku doesn't squint anymore, and he's a little proud he could help with that.

[He looks a little envious then.]

Ahh, you island kids and your tepid weather. It rarely snowed when I was a kid, but it was definitely way too cold for fireflies this time of year.

We usually drank some kind of fizzy cider and stayed up til midnight--there was a bell that would toll in the square. What's in the stew?