{ his breathing stays regular, eyes focused on the path ahead as he indicates for them to walk. conversation had halted it, but there's no need to keep their feet from moving.

except making the blur of thoughts whirling through his head, threatening to spill out. if anything, it's selfish to think he should be concerned about this. aether and lumine both have countless people who don't remember them. and yet-- }

Exactly as I understood it, yes. Ayaka recounted her experiences to me when we first realised we knew of a different traveler each. It may not have been in detail, but it was enough to confirm my suspicions that the stories aligned to a point. Since you are different people I imagine words exchanged would have differed, but no one's memory is good enough to recount that.