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Odd smiled at Esio's response. "Ya, he's feeling better already, actually. He woke up feeling like himself again this morning." He admitted, pointing out Lykas talking to Chaos. "That's him over there. His name's Lykas, if you ever get the chance, or the urge, to talk to him." He offered.

Al offered a somewhat sheepish smile to Kairi and Dante. "N-N-No. It's neither of y-y-your f-f-faults. I h-h-have S-S-Social Anx-x-xiety D-D-Disorder." He told them, attempting to tame that damned stutter again.

It took him a moment of intense concentration but, finally, he felt confident enough to speak. "M-my name is Aluette Renarde." He introduced. "But I p-p-prefer Al, if one m-m-must use my first name." That was much better but that stutter just wouldn't quite, even still.

The brunette would soon find a pair of arms around her waist. "I was wondering when I'd see you again," a familiar voice whispered into her ear.

The familiar shiver that shot up her spine made her smile a bit. Krystal knew exactly whose arms were wrapped around her and who the whispered voiced belonged to.

"Yeah, sorry about that." She didn't want to break a good thing, instead she leaned back against him, basking in the familiarity of the guy who could find her in a room full of people.
"I missed you."

Krystal smiled though visibly jumped at an unfamiliar and very female voice. She couldn't help but stare at the girl, looking between the two. Uncanny.

"Ter?" She pointed, probably a bit rudely, at the girl.

Oh, his sister. That's nice ... wait WHAT?!

"Sister?" Naturally, Krystal was quite surprised. Last she checked, her boyfriend was an only child. However, politeness forced her to smile and wave back to the girl, despite still being in a bit of shock.

Nodding at the explanation, Krystal took something of a steadying breath before smiling at the girl, holding out a hand for a more formal introduction.

"It's nice to meet you, Keiko." She wasn't just being polite, either.

Al was a bit taken aback by Kariri's attitude and shifted back to hiding behind Keiko a bit. "I-I-It's n-n-nice to m-m-meet you D-D-Dante." He greeted, offering the blue-haired male a small smile. Though to Kairi, he simply hid further behind Keiko. That girl scared him. Her attitude was just so......harsh.

At Dante's mention of Reno, though, he looked back at the boy. "Mr. Vantas? Yes, I've met him before, though I wasn't a part of your group -Snagem, isn't it?- at the time." He admitted, his stutter vanishing with the distraction. That stutter seemed to only be around when he allowed his thoughts to wander. Whenever he was focused on something, it seemed to disappear.

Seeing Krystal make an appearance, Lykas wandered over. "Welcome back, Krystal. Haven't seen you around in a while." He greeted with a wave. "I was wondering if you'd been eaten by an angry Ursaring, honestly." He admitted with a none-too-pleasant smile. One could only imagine what was running through his mind right now. Well.....It's a scratchy, black and white, still-frame style silent film sort of thought process but he was imagining what that might have bee like. He was even imagining the horrified screams as the poor girl was torn to shreds displayed as voice cards between shots.

Krystal smiled, enjoying the kiss as it should be enjoyed. Once it was over, though, she smiled again, this time it was directed at Terashi.

"So what have I missed? Other than you spontaneously getting a sister." The last part was brought up in teasing.