Yeeeeeah. I have mental images of him eyeballing what's left of Howl's castle towards the end of the movie and going "woman trouble, huh?" Howl: "Isn't it always?" Sophie: "I HEARD THAT!"
omg now I want to write Howl and Balthier in the little Welsh pub I hung out in in Carmarthen, bonding over rugby, alcohol, and obscure language geekery. XD