Ace was indeed very much still thinking about that small thing, but realizing the futility of his plea, he quickly decided against making any more assumptions. Instead, he would just go ahead and state the facts.

"Kindness, then." Sighing softly to himself, he once again cast his eyes upon the fireworks in the distance, faint as they were with the ship slowly moving away from the masses of land. "I promise to put them to good use. There is something about them that feels... lucky."

While he'd been no less enthused about the Chocobo side of the gift, there was no escaping the strained atmosphere that had formed, letting his thoughts stray away from what could potentially only add a certain element of awkwardness. Fortunately, there was a simple way around it, for he would wear it as long as it would take the other teen to notice. Hardly a sacrifice on his part, really.

What followed after a longer pause was a timid suggestion.

"In return, I'd like to offer some assistance in sharing information on the theory of magic, should you ever need it. After all, your line of work involves taking care of others, and that often requires a different level of understanding."