[ He's grateful for her steady presence, even if he doesn't say as much aloud. But there's a slight drop to his shoulders, not out of any sense of relaxation but of comfort.

The answer to her question is easy enough to give, a couple of seconds pass before he finally replies. ]

We met when I first arrived in Horos and had no idea where I'd woken up. [ Bumbled around the remnants of their crystal cocoons together naked as the day they were born, like god intended. ] I thought he was a gigantic asshole back then.

[ Pardon his language. At least he doesn't sound angry at all, only factual.

They hadn't gotten along at all back then, a year and a half ago, constantly at each other's throughts over the smallest of things. Truthfully he's still not sure whether they get along well or not, only that the shared experience of surviving everything both Horos and Kenos have thrown at him has been enough to trump those petty disagreements.

He looks thoughtful as he stares at the dirt. A little regretful. ]

It must have been hard. To have been here since the very beginning and stayed behind as everyone else leaves, one by one.