["There's always hope." she would have liked to say, but kept the words to herself. Instead, she simply settled for remaining silent, reflecting on the words they shared that day thus far. Eventually....]

Ah. The ice rink.

[Chiyo could hear the sounds of laughter from the rink and see the smiles of the skaters. The atmosphere slowly started to uplift her mood.]

Mind if I treated you to this? Being that it was my idea and all. What are your shoe sizes? I'll happily get them for you.