[ see, somewhere in will's original contract with maya and the extreme overloading of her brain, she found out he'd died, but there was so much going on that she hadn't really processed it. ]

[ well, so much for that. on top of that, she now finds out through the weirdest memory sharing activity ever, that shinjiro also died. it shocks her enough that her expression falls, hard, and she looks devastated for a second. (she hasn't had the practice will has, okay). ]

[ hilariously, this aligns with when shinjiro's being a downer, and lion's complaining about the snow. a fun misunderstanding could occur! she recovers, quickly, too, because she kind of forces herself to. having an audience to her feelings makes her shove them harder into the pit of repression. ]

[ He was just trying to help you, you know. You probably hurt his feelings by being such a jerk about it. She doesn't add 'as usual', but there's a slight implication. ]

[ then, she brightens back up as if nothing ever happened. ]

New Aspen was great! The snow was fun, the tree was cute, and I loved all the giant kitties! [ she got adopted by one, in fact. she misses them quite a bit. ]

But, yeah, you've got a point. Since it's floating, maybe it's full of magic and other cool stuff.