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Though he had already slowed to make sure he didn't outpace the others, when KK spoke again, he made a full stop, turning to glance at her. Reading one's body language was usually a matter of knowing them well, but in this case, her behavior was so drastically different from how she'd been since he met her that [i]something[/i] was definitely off, even if he couldn't say for certain what the root cause was. He carefully crossed the small distance between them with a few muttered "Excuse me"s as he pushed through the crowd, careful to keep outside of the BRIK-Breaker's orbit.

"Hey, Kali," He said quietly, keeping his tone neutral in case he was wrong, and everything was fine. Though truthfully, he'd be willing to bet Hell and Heaven that he was right. "Everything okay?"