[there's something derisive about the way he snorts in amusement, and he pulls away from the sink to fetch his tub again so he can start clearing tables for a second time]

Hardly. I wouldn't trust any miracle pulled out of a box owned by the gods. Too many terms and conditions, too many restrictions.

[waves a hand]

I was just curious if she was doing anything.

[he has more to say on this subject, b u t. he has to admit he doesn't know anything about her world beyond what she's told him, so the rest he keeps to himself so he doesn't make any incorrect assumptions. . . perhaps it's his own personal experience with gods, with society, with humanity. . . perhaps it's his faith in the adults of his world that he trusts to take over where the Phantom Thieves left off. . . that colors his perception. but, while humans may have destroyed her world to the extent she describes to him now--]

[he has no doubt that there will be those who will rise up to repair it one day]