[Puzzle 015]

[hisapprentice]

[Well, he's put it off for as long as he conceivably can. Luke pulls open his journal and speaks, not bothering with the business of filtering anything.]

I'm going to- [This is much harder than he thought, even after all the practice.] To...to move house, in with Firo and Seto. S-so...um, this house will be-

[Come on, Luke, you're nearing fifteen and this is not the time and a true gentleman never lets his most painful emotions show in public this way.]

House five is going to be empty. After today.

[With Layton's, Maiza's, and Czeslaw's stuff gone, he doesn't even have a lot to pack. It keeps him out of school for the day, though. Maybe saying all that could serve as enough of an apology to Professor Sage and Toph and everybody.

After a while, in the true and final emptiness of the house, he sits for a while in the kitchen, opening the journal again to write about something that has, historically, made him feel better; this time, there's a lot of melancholy in with the entertainment.]

Does anybody know a good puzzle?

Comments

[Voice]

[hisapprentice]

I've had lots of practice.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

So I guess the only way I'm going to get better at them is to practice a lot too, huh?

[Voice]

[hisapprentice]

It helps. Some people are naturals with puzzles, because that's the way they think.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

And then other people have to put in a lot of practice if they want to be any good at all. It sounds like any other skill when you put it that way.

[Voice]

[hisapprentice]

That's because it is. I don't know why people are so afraid of puzzles and riddles, they don't bite.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

No, they just make you feel kind of dumb if you can't figure them out.

[Voice]

[hisapprentice]

Not all the time! Some are very hard, actually, and you shouldn't feel bad about it.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

So hard that even you can't solve them?