He listened, and took a drink of his iced tea. Blue-green eyes met her own though, with her words, and one eyebrow raised. Oh Chise, this is the wrong person to confess that to. Or perhaps the best person, if you want to fix it. Lowering his glass, he kept his attention on her.

"First, I would agree. Stagnation is rarely a good thing. That is part of our larger problem here--we're all stagnating because we can't properly deal with the overall problem and effect change and growth. Second, what would it look like. Not right now, but in general. How would you define not being stagnant while being here?"