[ Oh, no... what a good girl...! This calls for immediate pets. Which Akira is gently doing with a smile, though he clearly hasn't forgotten about Serra's person. He gives a nod. ]

I wound up with a few friends from that Fissure, but they're all asleep in the room.

[ "Because they're better at that, than their human and Composers trio" goes unsaid. ]

I'm glad some good came out of that place.