"Your Ivy reminds me of a friend of mine," Setsuko said wryly. Iseult always covered up her sadness or emotions with jokes--it took time before she'd actually show them to others.

When Gina handed the little box back to her, Setsuko was struck speechless for a long while. "What sort of device is this? How do you turn pages on something so small? Where are they, even?" She inspected it, looking for some sort of latch that hid pages or paper.