[ there's like another long moment of silence

before he starts fiddling with his hair, twirling it between his fingers ]

....well... one was stolen from me as a part of an exchange...

[ aaaaaa he scooches in a little closer to talk more quietly, a little like a schoolgirl sharing gossip for real. ] It is the sort of thing I should not mention - and I thought it would ruin my cultivation and spiritual energy, but it didn't...! It must just be because it was Baraqiel-gege...

[ uuuuu ]