[ The sensation of him inclining his chin at his name, as if to say: Yup. Me. He doesn't catch her resignation; from his point of view, this is just the two of them holding a conversation. Maybe more charged than some of the previous ones they've had, but is it really that different in the grand scheme of things? Especially lately?

Not really. ]

Couple of months. Bit longer than that, actually, but it kicked into another gear about a month back. [ When he accepted Zenith in his heart in full. He was working on this before then, but it had yet to really take off. And then it did. And he remains as transparently honest as ever, because there's no real point to him lying here.

But, also: ] Y'know, now that I think about it, the shit your side shot at us? That didn't come from nowhere. Maybe it took as long as I was taking.

[ Because it's not like Meridian are innocent little victims here at all. ]