It's true that Rutile doesn't know Leo well, and it's true that they're not used to how humans display emotions, either. But it's also true that they've been healing gems for hundreds of years, and they know a subject change when they see it. Rutile presses their lips together, considering the question.

They are surprised by how long it takes to answer. Certainly, they miss their clinic, and many of the other Lustrous, but there are as many things they don't miss, or things they have gained only because of Aifaran.

"Yes," they say, so they don't have to think about it any more. "Of course I miss them. They are my home, after all."