Adrien was finishing with his first slice of bread and jam when he saw Valerion put down his cup and sit still for a bit, his head turned towards one of the large windows in the hall. "Today", Valerion started, "I feel that today would be a good day to take a pause from practice. What do you think?".

"Oh! Yeah, why not!", Adrien beamed. Then he raised one eyebrow: "I mean, if it's about what happened yesterday, I'm fine now, so we could also continue studying --".

"I know you could", Valerion said softly. "But... I was just noticing how nice the weather is today", he added with a rarefied smile to his eyes. "The air is clear and the trees are swaying in the breeze. It would be a shame to spend such a fine autumn day indoors, wouldn't you say so?".

"...Right!", Adrien said. He picked up another slice of bread and began spreading jam on it. "So, what were you thinking?...".

"What about a nice walk in the woods?", Valerion said as he picked up his coffee cup again - a strange kind of giddiness in his voice. "We could even bring some food and something to read outside, if you'd like".

"That sounds fantastic! I can't wait", Adrien exclaimed, slathering the edge of his plate with jam in his excitement.

Valerion chuckled from behind his cup of coffee. "I can tell", he said.