“Oh… thank you.” Isamu blushed slightly, a bit surprised by the friendly admission. Minoru chuckled to himself.

He didn’t have a specific interest in researching other jobs, per se, but he did have some other ideas floating around in the back of his mind that Aarne might be able to help with. That wouldn’t save him from snowballs, though.

Isamu refocused his attention.

“Even if you were not the instigator, I have no doubt that you were a key accelerator, and for that…”

No more distractions. He took aim, and hit the target dead center with his first snowball.