That confirmation is all Angeal needs to head right into the kitchen, starting up the kettle and searching through his cupboards. If anything, the busyness helps keeps his mind focused away from those old memories as well.

You know, until Popp brings it up again. Despite Angeal kind of hoping he hadn't.

The delay in a response is probably answer enough in of itself, broken only by the sound of cupboards opening and kettle being put into place. "It's not really something you get over," he says carefully. For more reasons than one. Like the depression.