He is trying! He's trying, and Feuilly feels weirdly pleased about it, and he nods extra earnestly. "I want to show--um. The way that--there were little things starting to grow there, the, the world trying to fix what was wrong. And the people were doing the same. I thought after the fair maybe I'd--I don't know. Give it to them or something--"

So much blushing. He fidgets in the direction of the practice sword.