"Amelia, it's okay," said Ascot, smiling. "I'm here, your adoptive brother is here, and everything's going to be okay. I know Elyse has a tendency to shout, but she's a good girl; she just loves playing with others."

"Elyse," spoke the boy, turning towards the girl, "this is Amelia. She's a girl of about your age. She's gone through a lot, so can you please not scare her?" Ascot then took out an apple, and split it in half, offering one to Amelia and another to Elyse.

"Why don't the two of you share food with each other, and I can sing to you both?" And with that, Ascot began singing [URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBXz0hO8C1g]Overfly[/url], this time in a clear tenor voice, a voice that showed every sign of becoming deeper and clearer with age.

Now, for a belated reaction to Reno's return, and the revelation of their origins in the Mirror Realm.

"Welcome back, Reno," spoke Ascot, "glad to see ya. Anyway, tomorrow, wanna go see Satoko and Rika? You see, the problem was that Oner, though well-meaning, was a bit long-winded, and broke a major rule of etiquette by insulting Satoko's powers, which are an extension of herself," that was one bit of research into Nobodies that Ascot remembered.

"Problem is, being long-winded is sometimes seen as acting as though you're better than others - not that Oner was thinking that, oh no! and, well, perhaps your lighthearted demeanor would prove more bearable to Satoko and Rika?" [i]Or, it might annoy them to no end, especially with his 'creative' nicknames. Then again, it seems as though Oner did more 'harm'[/i] (Note the quotation marks) [i]through his long-windedness than Reno's silliness can ever do.[/i]