( a certain something...? nothing specific, though natsume has his guesses. it just doesn't come up in their talks, and his gaze flicks down to the cookies as he considers it. the theme... tying... hmm. )

I do, though it's something that's more or less speculaTION... Yet I don't see any reason that it couldn't be TRUE. ( and given natsume does his best not to speak too much on things he doesn't have some basis or concrete thought to, well, maybe it's worth a little more than nothing. ) You FIRST.