Again, Nate sighed.

"Well... see... it's weird." he said.

"It's more complicated than just how much a month I need for tuition... but..." he stammered, before shaking his head.

"Right, to make this extremely simple, I need to earn about $400 a month to break even." he told her. "So... yeah, just to keep myself from going into debt, essentially." he said further.

"That's the end of a long and complicated story." he continued.

"As for what I'm in school for... well... medicine." he then answered her.

"I want to be a medic. A doctor."

"I..." he started to say, before pausing.

"Well... I want to help people. Simple as that." he told her.

"And... I feel I have the natural talents to do that in this field." he chuckled.

It was the truth, but there was more to it than that... and he wasn't sure if he should say anything about it right now.

-About a month later-

Nate just sighed... but it was a contented sigh... as he sat on the steps, waiting for Lunet. He turned and saw her walking towards him, and smiled.

"Lunet!" he called to her.

"Over here!" he said, making his way towards her, a small spring in his step... and his voice.

"I am." Nate replied.

"And I believe it's your turn to choose where we're going." he continued.

"So what's it gonna be?" he asked.

It had only been a month, but already Lunet had noticed a marked improvement in Nate's... everything.

He seemed more energetic, more chipper, he participated more in the classes they shared, and just... overall, everything seemed better for him.

His working hours were now reduced to just on the weekends, so his sleep schedule was actually healthy now, as well.

"Heh, sure thing." Nate replied.

"Could go for some of that unagi they have, myself." he admitted, as they started to walk.

"Hey... Lunet?" he then addressed her.

"Thanks." he said.

"This month has been... amazing for me." he told her. "My grades have gone up, I'm near the top of my classes, I'm sleeping more, I'm eating healthier, I only need to work weekends now..." he went on.

"All because of you." he continued.

"I wish there was some way for me to repay you for this." he then said.

"I mean, if you're keeping a tab or anything, lemme know. I'll happily repay you that way once I graduate." he added, and she could tell he was sincere with that.

"Ah-haha..." Nate laughed sheepishly.

"Yeah, my own doctor's noticed that, too." he said.

"Says that whatever I'm doing, I need to keep doing it, because I was apparently on the path to... well... physical ruination, to truncate what he said." he admitted to her.

"I also never realised just how much of a difference 2 hours of sleep a night makes." he then said further. "Well... 2-3 hours." he clarified.

"But yeah, thank you SO much." he repeated.

"And you're SURE this is all right?" he asked.

"I mean, you must have a lot of savings to be able to... effectively support ME while you support yourself."

Nate blushed from that, and laughed sheepishly.

"Oh, stop." he said.

"You flatter me." he told her.

He then sighed happily, and looked at the sky.

"I'll tell you one thing, though..." he continued.

"I haven't met this Cain of yours, but I can tell he should be lucky to have you." he told her.

"And I'm sure he is." he went on.

"I hope to someday find someone who's even half as amazing as you. But I think that will be a hell of feat, in and of itself."

Nate held his tongue as she said that Cain was weird.

"Well, we're all weird." he said.

"Doubt anyone's truly 'normal'..." he chuckled.

"Also, yes, that is truly a wonder." he then told her.

"Completely blind, but from what I've heard, you're a bit of a star pupil." he commented.

"What do you plan to do after this?" he asked.

"You said you're already working for your Dad... you gonna continue THAT?"

"That makes sense." he said.

He then paused for a moment.

"Wait." he muttered.

"MORE games?" he asked.

"I didn't know you've published any games." he went on.

"Anything notable?" he asked.

"Or just obscure indie titles for now?"

He froze when he heard that.

"A.. Age... of Divinity?" he asked.

"THE Age of Divinity?" he asked her.

"That was YOU?" he asked further.

"Holy... holy hell." he said.

"That game is... it's one of the better games out there. Hell, one of the BEST." he gushed.

"That was you??? Holy crap, I'm in the presence of genius!" he then declared.

"...." Nate was silent for a moment.

"That... explains a lot." he said.

"Ever since the second one, it's... actually been downhill." he mumbled.

"From what I can tell, the game will be lucky to recovery from the disaster of the 5th game, and they've surviving entirely on the nostalgia and goodwill from the first game. And the second game, to a lesser extent." he admitted.

"...that is rather bullcrap, though." he then told her.

"To have your idea, your brainchild, just... taken away like that..."