[Yep. Laughing again.] I almost wish I had seen it.

[Pause. And... there's a bit of regret there, like he hates to be the bearer of bad news.] Kind of. I met him here in Hinoto-Ri.

[Not... a lie, per say. He knew Axel in Promenade. Lea ... wasn't the same. Very similar, but not the same.] He disappeared a little bit before Christmas; you just missed him.