"Ah." And just like that, relief swallows him and spits him out, seemingly suddenly, eerily whole. "It's good to hear Crow remembered me. Between you and me, I wouldn't have been surprised if he was a little glad I was gone. And it will be good to see Hawk again. I promised him another visit to the red pandas."

He considers her again, there in the Velvet Room, which he never saw. "You are Kasumi Yoshizawa-san, yes? It's just that, with all the excitement, I quite forgot we haven't been introduced."