Kind of? I sort of...

[ He wobbles a hand back and forth. ]

....half heard them. I was a little distracted.

[ Hhhhhhe hesitates a long moment before he nods. ]

I don't think he'll be a problem but yeah, I can hear him.

Only when he really wants cheese. I knew him back home, actually. He can be a pain, but he's one of my closest friends and I trust him. ....Thought I've never had to live with him in my head before, so we'll see how I feel about that in a few weeks.

Yeah, I'm definitely counting my blessings.

[ Adrien nods. ]

But I get what you mean. We can worry about that stuff later. Right now there's this.... I'm not sure I like calling it a "game," but I can go with "task."

[ Adrien shakes his head. ]

Not even so much as a "hello."

[ He gestures at Tsuruno. ]

Tsuruno brought up the registries on our phones though, and it turns out there's a couple of people here from back home. Marinette on Yatagarasu and Chloe on Nymph. I know we can't do anything really, but I don't want anything to happen to them, at least not from us--!

Thank you. I really appreciate it.

And I'm ready to do anything I can to help this team-- so long as I don't have to hurt my friends to do it.

[ He nods once, slowly. ]

I'm sorry, I don't think I've introduced myself yet. I'm Adrien-- Adrien Agreste.

It's nice to meet you too Vex'ahlia, even if the circumstances are... well. This.

Yeah, I imagine if there were none of us would be in this situation to begin with.

I know we have to do what we can in the meantime-- but uh.... I've gotta admit, I'm not even a hundred percent sure where "here" is, beyond "definitely not Paris."

The better to keep us from getting anywhere even if we escape, huh? I guess that'd make it too easy.

That's the kind of person she is, huh?

[ Adrien scowls. ]

We'll just have to show her we're not gonna let her beat us! No matter how long it takes, we'll rise up and we'll take her on!