“So they used to be in touch with everyone more often? How curious…” Perhaps the expectations and demands were too much with a considering how many of them there were and the things that seemed to happen here outside their control. They did seem to get blamed for a lot of things, based on what Yusuke had heard… Though he wasn’t entirely sure they weren’t blamed without reason, either. Having not been here to see such thing’s first hand? It was hard to say, not without more proof one way or the other. It was hard to give people in power the benefit of the doubt, considering his and the phantom thieves’ experiences with adults who got away with far too much and were never questioned or held accountable.

Yusuke offered a small, awkward smile at the ‘probably.’ It was probably not his fault, but that tiny percent chance that it was? It was hard to ignore that entirely. Still, he chuckled a little at the description. “I certainly hope a different time will go ‘less crunchy,’ given how unpleasant it is… Perhaps once the memory of this has faded some we’ll have to visit again.” Just to test the theory, it might help drop the probability of this being his fault to nearly zero!

“You are probably right. The most we can hope for is to rid ourselves of it once we return to our residences and see if we can’t wash it down the drain.” If that were possible, there was so much sand. “Though you are correct, the more stable ground to walk on is rather nice by comparison right now, regardless of how much more sand we may be capable of carrying.”

Grinning, more than a little pleased by her recognition of how creative it was, he chuckled. “Thank you! I thought it was quite clever.”