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Thomas stayed frozen on the floor, the look of bewilderment on his face growing to one of utter confusion and disbelief as the girl in red rose up from what had previously seemed to be a permanent slumber. He opened his mouth to question what exactly had just happened, and also why no one else seemed to look as completely dumbfounded as he was at this unexplained resurrection, but no words came out. Only a croak escaped past his dry lips before his exhaustion took over once again, and he flopped back against the hard stone floor. 

His glaive had since dematerialised once again, perhaps as a sign to him that his intentions of chasing down Victoire probably wouldn't come to fruition at this point. And quickly he realised that he wouldn't have had a choice in the matter even if he'd wanted to go in pursuit, another bright light consumed his vision, his whole body in fact. A light so intense, in fact, that even when he squeezed his eyes shut and covered them with his sleeve, it was still all he could register. Strangely to him though, it felt quite comforting. For within that comfort there was familiarity, though maybe a familiarity he didn't quite recognise yet. 

There was definitely a feeling of recognised familiarity when Thomas opened his eyes again though, feeling returning to his body along with his other senses, almost as if he'd momentarily nodded off and then forced himself awake again. He lifted his head from what he quickly realised was a bar counter, and shifted around on what he also realised was a bar stool, before gathering his bearings. 

[color=violet]"Back here again, huh..."[/color] He muttered quietly to himself, observing the other as they all got own with their own business. It seemed like everyone had something they wanted to do before the next challenge ahead of them. The violet-eyed boy paid particular attention to Riku as she, similarly to Thomas himself not long before, summoned her first Serei. And there was still the elephant in the room of her yet-to-be-explained revival, but he was already beginning to get over it. This was the Tower after all, pretty much everything and everyone here came with their own set of questions that he would ask himself.

He was glad he hadn't been sitting too close to Riku at the counter though, as the presence of her newly summoned ally took over the whole room, or at the very least the girl the canine woman now had sat on her lap. Thomas simply stayed sat where he was, making occasional glances here and there but mostly keeping to himself, fiddling idly with his jacket.