[That's fine. The shopowner gets couch privileges, and Lamington is more than willing to settle for a chair.

He sinks down into the cushion and smiles brightly at Watanuki.]

Goodness, but it has been quite a while, from my perspective. Though, I suppose asking how long it's been for you is a bit too complicated to be a polite question.

[How does Watanuki measure the time passing? One can only guess.]

Are you well?

[...also, grey is his natural hair color, for the record.]