#but welcome to Zenless land for Karma!

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Familiar? Well it certainly wouldn't be the first time. Not to brush at his own pride, but there's been a certain outcrop of individuals who wouldn't hesitate to try living through his accolades in a hollow fashion, even if that meant taking his 'rumored' attitude from opposition and twisting it to bombastic degrees.

"Hope that's more of a compliment than anything. Might have to double down on ensuring there's a solid first impression here."

Somewhere in the distance realm of space, Caelus Railblazer sure did sneeze as if there was some pink haired bas--

Anyways.

Hearing the unraveling tinges of Karma's story gave him enough to work with, and plenty of leeway. Situations with the Hollows, hell, all of the Outer Ring in general left cases of the lost rich in terms of commodity. His brow eased up from the banter, a genuine thread of concern drawn as he'd quickly fish up one of his canteens settled upon Ignition's side. "Lighter. Take your time if the heat has been a pain, I'll be here to listen."

"Still cold too, I got one of those improved flasks since I love a cold shot myself."

"Are they nearby? Or did you get tugged into a separation case?" Given their more lax disposition, he wants to believe that her companion would be holding her own. Pre-emptive conclusions on the other hand is the branch of recklessness that can cost it all. As such, he'd give them the moment to gather their bearings.

@astrxlfinale Continued.

The source of her inspection is riddled with ludicrous assumptions and impossibilities that if he knew what she was thinking it would come across as ravings of a mad woman. So, when he questions her, as one normally would when being closely looked at so brazenly, what comes from her lips is-

"Sorry, no. You just look very familiar to someone I know." It's the truth, yes, but not the whole truth as this 'someone familiar' would typically be a person out of this world... Literally. That wasn't something she was gonna just up and start speaking on. However, due to the forces of nature out of Karma's control, she was stuck here in this place.

"I'm a bit lost, kinda. Me and a friend sort of arrived in this place a little bit ago and you looked like a familiar face." Was it too much to say she found him trustworthy? That would be severely foolish on her part so once again she keeps her lips tightly sealed.

"My name's Karma. Karma Akagi, you uh... By chance have any water on you?"