Would like someone else to post in between fore I make another move. That aside...

Er... I dunno, I guess there'd be some sorta residual... Thing, so I guess that kiiinda makes sense?
*shrug*
LNs haven't been TLed, so let's just go with that, then. Right?

Speaking of which... It's actually normal in Japanese (and in most Asian cultures, iirc) to initially refuse a gift or offers of that sort (because that's the polite thing to do, 9 times outta 10), so the one being weird here is teeechnically Reiko. But meh, technicalities.