"A pleasure, Alice. I'll answer to Akira, or Ren, or Lotus, or Joker, or any number of other things." He's amassed quite the collection of names, over time.

"...Right. Phone numbers are a thing, aren't they? I'm new to this whole phone thing." 'taba's still annoyed she's not the one who finally wore him down, but she'll just have to get over it.