[Ethan blinks, still missing about as much of the pronunciation as beforehand. Terra had its own languages but, again, none of them quite stuck. He picked up what he could here and there to use. Guess he'd be able to do the same thing here, as well.]

Uh huuuu~h, [he nods once or twice]

Forward, huh. I mean, there's plenty of metaphorical bros out there! It depends on how serious you're taking it,

[a beat]

But you're calling it forward because you are totally serious, aren't you? Does this mean I get birthday presents? It's January 29th and I want something tasty~