[Alphen finds his attention lingering on her smile, just for a moment. Maybe because it's good to see her finding things she's interested in. As long as they've known each other, their attention has been focused on defeating the five lords and gathering their master cores. Neither one of them has put much thought into what they're going to do after that, and he imagines that figuring out their hobbies is going to be part of that...right?

... But, she's right, and he knows it.]

I guess that's a good point. Getting rid of your thorns will really change things, huh? [... That's when the rest of her words really sink in.]

Wait-- really? How? What kind of solution?