[Both were a little absorbed in their own reveries, but Dakki was happy to put her attention on Aurica's. She knew her own troubles more than well enough. They were nothing. But she knew so little about her Mayfield daughter's.]

So you have a good friend waiting for you back home. But...?

[There was more. There had to be more. So she was quiet again, letting Aurica finish.

And... oh. That was... that was odd to be upset over. He didn't want to run a shop with her, but surely he was still her friend? Dakki looks both concerned and a little confused.]

Maybe music boxes weren't really his thing... but he is still your friend, isn't he? And you have a shop, and it's just fine, isn't it? Maybe you couldn't do that one thing together, but there are other things you could share, right?