[Cater relaxes a little more at Vil's reassurances. Honestly, if anyone could talk some sense into anyone, it was Vil Schoenheit. As oddly guilty he felt even having broached the topic in the first place, this had to have been the right thing to do to get Idia on a path forward from this depressive and angry rut he was in.]

No, no, I'm good. I feel a lot better now that I've said something. Things were already a bit tense between us, but then after Ortho went back home and then the party in December, the vibes were thrown way off. I thought he was just feeling awkward about getting stuck under the mistletoe with me, to be honest.