"Yeah! I helped him with some of the scaling calculations so I know it was going to take a lot of material and parts." He considers the model before them a moment, idly twisting one of the arms.

"He even invited me to come visit him when he was finished, but he stopped posting updates at some point and then I lost track of him." He lets out a soft laugh, and turns to look at Ritsuka proper, "but that's sometimes just how it goes with online friendships, you know?

It's also at this point that Ritsuka might notice the wild state of the other side of his face. It's a con so it's probably fine though.