The reply hit close to home, but ultimately, Ace decided to keep his words of disagreement to himself, respecting his companion's willingness to share his story with him as it was, given it also seemed to be a delicate subject. Maybe one day, he would have an opportunity to explain himself better. "... I see." His answer was short and quietly spoken, and for a while he didn't say anything else, focusing on the first batch of crookedly pinned posters.

"In that case, it's good to have you on the team, Ramza." He offered a small smile of encouragement. "Even though it's been my field of work for a while now, I haven't had the chance to get to know others too well. I'd like to fix that."