[The chocobo watches as Kenichi goes ahead to close the distance between him and his adopted son. He laughs and gives the young man a brief hug.]

By the gods, it's good to see a familiar face here! Sorry if my chocobo startled you there. I had to let her out since she was getting rather fussy with being cooped up.

[He did notice Ira looking out the window overlooking Nakagawa. While the surname he took when he married Saori is a common one, he knew the story of Crystallis and managed to put two and two together when he arrived here.]

Beautiful, isn't it? Guess it's no surprise I've taken a liking to it.