"I can't tell you what to do." Zeke replied. "Nor would I presume to, if I knew." he continued.

"But just know I am here if you need to talk." he said.

"Or if you ever want to train again, or just want a swordsman to spar against, let me know." he added.

"..." he was then silent, before sighing quietly.

"Damn, though..." he mumbled.

"Seems you're becoming a real expert with that sword already." he commented. "Looks like it really knows who is meant to have it, and who isn't." he said further, before pausing.

"Wait, what about that woman? Caelia, I think her name was?" he asked.

"As long as she's okay." he said.

"I remember she seems genuinely sorry, and miserable, to be doing what she was doing." he recalled.

"..." he was then silent, and scratched the back of his head.

"...how are your cousins?" he asked.

"They were there for a lot longer than you." he commented.

"They doing okay?"

"....I see." Zeke responded.

"That's... ominously cryptic." he said.

"Well, I hope the scars that Vanessa left will heal sooner, rather than later." he commented.

"...anyway, I just... wanted to see how you were doing." he told her.

"I sensed Excalibur here, and had to come see you immediately."

Zeke looked to be about to respond immediately, before pausing.

"...ah." he said.

"I need to take a plant from the garden rooftop and transplant it back home before the sun rises." he told her.

"But I've got nothing going on aside from that." he then said.

"I can come back and hang out after, if you like."

Zeke nodded in response.

"All right." he said.

"I'll be back shortly." he told her.

---

Jake looked at the one that approached, and raised an eyebrow. She seemed familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

His tongue darted out slightly, which then caused his eyes to widen considerably.

"...ah... h-hello." he responded.

"How... how can I help you?" he asked.

Jake's mouth seemed to dry up for a moment, before he finally found his voice.

"Ah..." he said.

"Something tells me I'm not a barrier to you. At all." he told her.

"But... but, well, if you need to speak with someone in the medical wing, do you have an appointment?" he asked.

"Or, at the very least, whom shall I say is coming down there?" he asked further.

Jake paused, before calling Zeke to the checkpoint.

Zeke arrived, and it was clear he already knew Emelie was there.

He confirmed it with Jake, and she was allowed entry.

"I... didn't expect to see you here." he admitted to her.

Jake froze for a moment when she said this... before just sighing.

"That's a relief." he said.

"Thank you." he told her.

"Wait..." he then said. "How did you...?" he started to ask, before Zeke interrupted.

"She just knows." he said.

Zeke nodded.

"Let's go." he said.

The two of them then left Jake to ponder what she said, and headed towards the med-wing.

"Must be something important." Zeke commented.

"For you to come out here, that is." he then clarified.

Zeke pondered that for a moment.

"...ah, right." he said.

"Kelly mentioned that Samantha said something about a great loss." he remembered.

"...or something along those lines." he muttered.

"I... honestly don't know what it's about..."