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Prize to be won was certainly a sentiment Ryu could relate to, though in his case it felt much more like an item up for auction and his father the loudest auctioneer there was. Years ago he felt akin to the massive tuna being flung about Tsukiji Market in the waking hours of the day. Exhausting and demoralizing, Ryu though that the old man had finally given up - but, perhaps, he was relieved that the man had not.
"Three," he nodded with a fond smile. "Two younger brothers and a younger, the youngest of the Hollingberrys, sister. The lot of us, minus Takeshi, were Gryffindors - including father. Takeshi found his brethren in Ravenclaw." The war was a topic that could not be avoided, which was not necessarily a terrible thing seeing as it was important to not forget their history, but certainly not something to be dwelled upon. But it would also be rude to completely brush her comment aside. "You were there as well then?" Which did not come as a complete shock because many had come back to fight for the future of the wizarding world and yet one of his proudest moments as her brother, and yet his tone reflected the tiniest hint of surprise that Ruby had been there. Perhaps surprise was not the correct term and it was more of a tone of regret that such a gentle soul had also been subjected to the unavoidable horrors of war.
Slipping off his jacket, Ryu hung it over the back of his chair before settling into it directly across from her. His nephew had illy advised him to sit next to her and play footsie, but the day he actually took the advice of that cocky flobberworm was the day a niffler stopped caring for anything shiny. Sitting across from her had much more charm and appeal, something made abundantly clear in this moment as he drank in even the most subtle of changes to her features as she opened his humble gift. "That is good new indeed," he chuckled once again. The thought had not even crossed his mind that she may take these clippings and attempt to grow them into proper trees of her own, but it was incredibly touching to hear and made his heart thump a little differently. "Though I cannot say the same for myself. The groundskeeper and students tend to the trees on campus...those particular clipping taken from trees in the courtyard," he elaborated, perhaps a little unnecessarily but the nerves were beginning to kick in now that his adherline was settling. "These particular blooms are called Suoubai, my favorite among the variety of plum blossoms."
Ryu's smile remained in place, his gaze lingering for a bit before subtly clearing his throat and glancing down at the menus on the table, opening the one nearest himself and giving everything a cursory glance. "Would...you like to stick to sweet things that this fine establishment is known for or...take a gamble on some of the savory options first?"
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