"....ah." Levi said.

"Yes. Yes, fear of what you don't understand and all that bull." he muttered.

"Yes, humanity is... well, there's a lot of things I can say about it, but let's restrain ourselves and dedicate this outing to more... uplifting... conversation." he then suggested, before sighing.

"We're considering THIS one here." he told Kiah, pointing to the institute he had mentioned earlier.

"If we can get some financial help for it, we'd LOVE to attend there." he continued.

"And also, my mind is buzzing with questions about mana and stuff." he then added.

Levi looked over at the phone, and then at Kiah.

"And we can look at this page freely?" he asked.

Kiah nodded.

With that, the two of them started to look up the website, browsing it.

"Huh... huh.... uh... huh..." Levi mumbled as he did so.

"Clever." he said.

"Very nice." he added with a small nod.

"I'm good with it." Levi quickly said, looking at the phone again, before returning it to Kiah.

"I get the feeling there's no future for me here." he sighed.

"A chance to start again is a dream come true." he went on.

"So... yes. Yes, I would love to go." he confirmed.

"I... don't have any family in this state, anyway. Ally is the one person tying me here."

Levi was silent, and nodded.

"Heh, fair enough." he said.

"That works for me." he told her.

"And... if I can get any sort of help, that would be fantastic." he went on, pausing for a moment and taking the mints out that Kiah had given him, popping on.

"....third one." he told Kiah.

"I swear."

"....I... I see." Levi replied.

"I....hm." he muttered, putting the mints away.

"Good... to know." he said.

"I will be VERY careful..." he told her.

"Also, that's... quite interesting about your mana." he went on. "I can see why you'd want heat nowhere near violent and dangerous chemicals."

".....hm." Levi muttered.

"Maybe tonight?" he said.

"Just so we have them, and while we're thinking about it?" he reasoned.

"As for us going tonight, or you ordering them online now, whatever works for you." he continued.

"To be honest, I'm just happy to finally have something going right for me for once." he then said further, before pausing for a moment.

"...aside from meeting YOU." he then said to Ally.

"You're what's kept me as sane as I have been all this time."

Levi thought for a moment, wondering what he should ask first. There were a LOT of questions racing through his mind, but he needed to be careful. They weren't in a very private area at the moment, and he didn't want to ask something that was TOO sensitive or personal or anything along those lines.

"...hm." he mumbled.

"You... said you had fire mana." he said.

"So that must mean that there are other elements as well, right?" he asked. "How many... elements are there?" he asked her further.

"Also, you mentioned... well... Salem." he continued.

"Were the witches back then just people that were known to use mana, so the other people were scared of them?" he inquired. "Or... well, suspected of having mana, and therefore being a witch?" he continued.

"Because sometimes some of the voices in my head talk about things like that, and it's... maddening, frankly." he added candidly.

".......wow..." Levi mumbled quietly in response.

"Just... woah." he muttered.

"That is some... heavy stuff." he said, severely understating it, before sighing and shaking his head.

"I don't... hm." he then stuttered. "I mean, I DO have more questions, but... it's all a jumbled mess of incoherent stuff right now, so I'd better not just blurt things out." he reasoned.

"Might be best to wait until more private circumstances come about, and my thoughts are properly gathered."

"...for real?" Levi asked.

Kiah nodded in response.

"Sweet." Levi said with a smile, as he picked up one of the menus that was on the table.

"Let's take a look-see, then." he said further.

"See what's here, and what stands out." he went on, before looking at Kiah.

"Thanks so much for this." he said to her.

"We really needed this. The both of us."

About 10 minutes before their agreed-upon meeting time, she saw them approaching the general area of the cafe, and when they noticed her, made their way directly towards her.

"Hey." Levi greeted her when they got close enough to speak.

"Thanks again for helping us 'move our stuff'." he told her. "That was a HELL of a life-saver." he added with a chuckle.

"Your methods are very convenient." he added, making sure to use ambiguous terms, considering they were in a very public place, filled with people surrounding them.