Marcus saw a glimmer of strawberry blonde hair out of the corner of his eye while talking with the small Jayce.

Looking over, he asked, "Kotani? What are you doing here? I thought you had to go back... Wait, did I sleep through the whole night?!" Suddenly realizing that his nap in meditation might have been a lot longer than he originally thought. He regained his cool immediately, "Huh," he said, "Guess I was a little tired from my journey here." He threw out a small smile and laughed. 

It took a moment before realizing another peculiar person was approaching with an even more peculiar mask, "Wait... Who are you? If you don't mind my asking. I don't believe we've met yet."