[Ion doesn't return the smile, but he looks much more calm compared to how he'd been earlier in the day, and certainly more calm than yesterday.]

[For awhile it seems like he doesn't plan on talking. When he does speak up, his voice is quiet.]

...I'd never noticed before. The way the snow stays so bright at night against the stars. It never snowed much in Daath, and the sky is usually so cloudy at night this time of year.