One minute she was grilling him for his recklessness and how he endangered their well-being, and now she was apologizing to him for the exact reason she was laying it into him. Kai might’ve been young, but this was exactly why he chose to shut up when he did something wrong because he would never be able to figure out why he was in the wrong in the first place. Whichever the case, he listened to her. Kai didn’t want to make the same mistake like he did before. He learned now that he couldn’t act the same way around her simply because she looked like Aira. That wasn’t fair to Cielle.

After she was finished and had ended it with a statement that both could agree to, Kai gave her a simple nod, though it seemed like he did have just a tad more to say. [color=20b2aa]“That’s at least one thing we both can agree on,”[/color] Kai said, giving her a warm smile. She might’ve not been Aira, but things kept up, Kai might form a bond with her sister. As things seemed to have settled between them, Kai looked ahead and saw the ice-colored world that he noticed they were a few clicks away before was now a lot closer to them. [color=20b2aa]“So, this must be our next destination.”[/color]

“Right you are!” 

Suddenly, Kai heard a voice. It wasn’t the voice from his dream nor the one from Twilight Town who he was supposed to meet. So, who was it? [color=20b2aa]“Did you hear that, Ci?”[/color] Kai asked, frantic.

“Down here, Master Kai!”

He looked down and, at first he thought he was seeing things. But nope! Kai’s eyes weren’t deceiving him. There on the dashboard holding an enormously thick and large book was a cricket wearing a half-tuxedo and a top hat. And in his hand was a parcel. [color=20b2aa]“So, who are you? Johnny Grasshopper?”[/color]

“Close. I am [url=https://www.khwiki.com/images/4/4e/Jiminy_Cricket_KH3D.png]Jiminy Cricket[/url], sent here by The King to aid you in your travels.”

[color=20b2aa]“The King?”[/color] Kai repeated to himself, remembering Cielle mentioned something about a king. He wondered if that was the same person, [color=20b2aa]“okay, so Jimmy--[/color]

“Jiminy. Jiminy Cricket!” He corrected Kai enthusiastically.

[color=20b2aa]“Right, [i]Jimminy[/i], what exactly will you do to help us?”[/color]

“I will catalog your adventures and provide information should you need it.”

Kai didn’t know how to process this, which prompted him to lean over to Cielle, [color=20b2aa]“you buying any of this?”[/color] He asked quietly, looking over at Jiminy, who was smiling blissfully.