[ She hums in agreement — mercifully, there's not a huge line or anything like that, so it's easy for them to get what they want quickly. They'll even get a nice box to hold both of the treats!! ]

Sharing traditions and favorites like this... it's one of the things I like most. [ It might just be eating a treat that Nico likes, and it might just be showing him a small snippet of her hometown, but it's moments like these that keep memories alive, she thinks, in a poetic and sentimental type of way. It's things like this that stand the test of time. ] You must have a lot from your travels.

[ He's in exile, after all... there must be all kinds of things he's experienced in the wider world. ]