[ Ilda laughs, delighted that he's been trying to reach her - nevermind that it's been ages. ] As long as you weren't doing it on purpose! You were very hard to stalk, you know? Even worse than my last crush!

[ But she doesn't really dwell on it. Not even the fact that he does't explain why he'd been scarce. ]

I'm pretty good. I made some new friends! I'm also helping Yato put up advertisements for his wish-granting scheme. [ She makes it sound so shady. ] Do you know Yato? He says he's a god, and it's really sad because he doesn't have a shrine so he's technically homeless, so I'm helping him raise funds for it! It's probably going to take a while, though, since he's only charging one copper rhinn and I think you'll need more than that to actually get a shrine built?

... But enough about me! How are you? [ She looks up at him, smiling sweetly, chin in hands. You know what she wants to hear, X. ]