Yes. I'd like to think someday we might... get to a point where we can have a conversation that doesn't end in him slamming the journal in my face.

[A step towards friendship was a point in the future Ion wasn't counting on just yet. Baby steps...!]

I know he doesn't like me. That might even be putting it mildly, but... I don't think he would celebrate his birthday on his own otherwise. We were born on the same day; it seems unfair to leave him out.