Jaden jumped a bit when he heard the knocking, and looked over towards the door.

'That... that smell...' he thought.

'That smell again...!' he mentally exclaimed.

'What...? Why...? What's...!?' he started to panic, before shaking his head swiftly.

"Calm down... calm down..." he mumbled to himself, taking a few deep breaths.

"Come in!" he called to Vyn, grabbing a first aid kit... as he felt it might be needed.

Jaden was silent for a moment, managing to choke back his hesitation and nervousness, before nodding.

"Yep." he said.

"Wait, what?" he then asked.

"Why?" he asked her.

"I mean, the show was good and all, but it's not like you would have missed a once-in-a-lifetime thing." he reasoned.

"Somethin' else happen?"

Jaden's eyes widened as Vyn brought her hand up, and he saw the red soaking through it.

"Uhh." he muttered.

"Here." he said, pushing the first aid kit forth and opening it.

"There's stuff in here that should help." he told her.

"Also, god damn it." he cursed.

"How the hell'd she get something like THAT past security?" he wondered.

"..........." again, Jaden was silent.

"I... I see." he said.

He then watched as Vyn dropped the old soaked bandages into the nearby trash, and bit his lip.

"Uh..." he stammered.

"Uh, you're... you're, uh... that's a lot of blood." he commented.

"Are... you... like... all right? Do you need... to go to a hospital, or something?" he then asked.

"Well... okay then..." Jaden responded.

"And... uh... well, yeah... yeah, there are things I want to talk about." he told her.

"Let's start with a simple one." he said.

"The show. What'd you think of it?" he asked her.

"Worth coming out for?"

Jaden suddenly froze in place when Vyn said what she did about the portals.

"................." he was silent for a few seconds, before clearing his throat.

"Something tells me that denying it is pointless right now." he muttered.

"All right, how?" he asked.

"How did you pick up on that?" he asked her.

"You mentioned the subtle rims around the blades, but how did you pick up on them?"

Jaden was stunned as he saw the portal.

"A... another portal user?" he asked.

"But... but I... didn't... I didn't think that..." he muttered, pausing for a moment.

"I've only... ever known one other person that uses it." he said further.

"........." he was then silent for a moment, as it hit him.

"I... I've only known one other person." he repeated, looking at her again, and then to the blood-soaked bandages in the trash.

"........." Jaden was silent again, before sighing deeply.

"Ah... hm." he mumbled.

"Fair... fair enough, I suppose." he said.

"Um... have we met before?" he then asked. "I mean prior to that bar scene." he clarified.

"Because... you seem extremely familiar to me." he went on.

"Huh." Jaden replied.

"Well, all right then." he said.

"That... that does make sense." he admitted.

"I've travelled as well, so there's a good chance, probably." he said further.

"Um... is your hand going to be ok?" he then asked.

"You seem to be bleeding an awful lot."

".....uh.... hm, right." Jaden replied.

"That... make sense." he said.

"Hey, listen..." he then muttered.

"If you need to get out of here to get your hand tended to, don't let me hold you back." he told her, before grabbing a small piece of paper and scrawling something on the back of it.

"Here." he said, handing it to her.

"My personal cell number."