"Getting here took longer then I would have liked, and I would have liked to have gotten here on my own, like so many of the great builders and battlers have, like you, Sei Iori and of course the Meijin did." Alexis said trading one rib for another with some meat still on it. "Oh well, what matters is I'm here now, and I accomplished a goal I'd have for awhile along the way." 

"I to am curious has to your presence here. Not why you'd wanna be here, that's easy, Battling gets in your blood, and with one look at you, it's easy to tell you'd love nothing more then to hop in and join the fray your self. I just thought you'd be to busy to, ya know, show up in person."