Sigmund smiled at the woman beside him.

"If you met, you might get along quite nicely. You remind me of her in some ways, actually. Or how she was last time I saw her."

When she mentioned them deserving their happiness, he nodded slightly.

"For her only granddaughter and the one she adopted in? Perhaps."

He smiled somewhat cheekily as he added something else.

"Though, given that she raised us both since before we were three, she might be feeling just a little spiteful about it."

Youay caught the crystal and continued on his way and continued to the garden. Once there he scouted around and found the perfect spot. It was a bench surrounded by roses, all the different colors of the spectrum. He found a good spot for the recording crystal and nodded happily as he made his way back to the lounge.

Sigmund shrugged.

"Not fully knowing those methods or fully knowing how she would react to them, I can't say."

When she asked about a back-up plan, he paused, still gazing out into the distance. Eventually, he gave a weary sigh and shook his head.

"I don't know. I'd do almost anything to allow them to contact one another, even once. But the kind of favors one needs to cash in for something like this don't come around very often, and I'm starting to run low. In many ways, this is the back-up plan."

"Mmm, true. Though I guess I did better than my parents who died when I was only two." She blinked, realising what she just said before smiling at Sigmund.
"I don't think I have to mention what someone might mention next in this sort of conversation." She said with a smile. She hadn't felt this relaxed since Viola or her husband. She let out a hum when he said it was the back-up plan.
"Well then, I surely hope you succeed. I can't say much since I don't know much about them, but I imagine you two might have a chance of succeeding." It was likely she knew more than she spoke of, but just how much she would or did know was unclear.

At the mention of her parents dying when she was two, Sigmund gave an understanding nod, smiling at what she said next.

"Given that we never had this conversation, saying it might be a little redundant."

He smiled and nodded thankfully when she said she hoped they succeeded and that she imagined they had a chance.

"Thank you, Mrs. Evictavius. I suppose I've made Emily wait long enough, though, and should get back to her before she decides she needs to find me."