Oh, thank you for sharing your thoughts here, too!

Allen seems to look on the bright side, and strikes me as pretty happy (aside from when something terrible has just happened) considering how dark the series is. I wonder how he developed from being a cynical kid into the kind of person he is now. Clearly Mana was involved, but still...

As I mentioned, I do like Christmas stories. Little moments between characters, too. Also, taking the prompt literally would have been no fun.

Thanks. :)