"Wow", he gasped under his breath. "You weren't kidding". He then realized what he'd just said. "I -- I'm sorry, I shouldn't --".

"No, it's alright", Val sighed. "There's no need to apologize for speaking the truth". He moved one hand and opened a path through the mountains of things, and started walking through - with Adrien cautiously following him. "This is what happens when one has a habit of making things disappear instead of taking care of them", he commented. "They don't disappear, of course. They just go make a mess somewhere else".

Adrien chose not to engage with that thought. "...What are we looking for, exactly?".

"I'm not entirely sure", Val replied. "We'll need some furniture, I suppose, and -- ah, there it is".