"Do you not know how to read?" Mery lsidles up all the closer. "If you want to learn, I can teach you. I mean, I probably wouldn't be that good at it but..."

She threads a hand into her own hair, pushing it back idly as she thinks. "It'd be a reason to spend more time together, right?"

Naturally, her cheeks flush at Night Sky's words. She shouldn't be surprised but -

"Of course he is." A huff. "I'll be honest he was... one of the people I was thinking of. When I hesitated with all of this."