I don't think they're ludicrous. [Just true. He gently pockets his watch again, though he thinks maybe he'll come back every morning after breakfast to play it so that Mahiru might hear something nice wherever she is. Maybe the hundred-year cycle applies to this strange place, too, and she'll return soon enough.

He hopes that she can return to a better place than this, though.]

Anyway, if it's between what I think and something that's more depressing, I'll definitely be right! [It's his SHONEN DUTY. But his tone is a little more teasing, too; he knows it isn't actually as simple as that.] So... it's okay if you smile a little, you know? Smiles suit you really well!