Before Dinu could get further along the path, dextrous fingers wrapped around his arm, and he turned to see Mino-wa looking at him.<br/>'Look, I’ve been on my own for a very long time and I’m not good at communicating with people.'<br/>Her face contorted with horror as she barely said the next part of her sentence.<br/>I’m… I am… I… well… you see… I’m sorry.' she said truthfully, then spun on her heel, letting go of his arm almost as quickly as she grasped it.<br/>'Maybe we could start over?<br/><br/>Dinu smiled, and nodded, aware she could not see his small gesture.<br/>'I'd like that very much, Mino-wa'