[He frowns as the angel's words struck a troubling chord. That sounded like him. Distinctly like how he was. Samus still had some difficulty imagining settling into a life of a teacher, but if he ever did by some series of extenuating circumstances just like this, he...]

...If you actually got someone like me to smile [He offers something of a bitter sweet half smirk, not able to muster the actual thing. That sort of trust took a long time to build. Pit probably knew that.] I'm glad you did.

[And if Pit already knew that he'd probably understand that it was becoming increasingly more difficult for Samus to stand this conversation. He didn't want to get his hopes up. He didn't want to make promises he couldn't keep. He didn't intend to stay. He turned the feed off.

Then again, maybe that's what his female counterpart thought the first time she came here, maybe even also by way of extenuating circumstances too. If she didn't intend to stay that didn't seem to work out.

...Until now, anyway.]