Ah, he didn't realize how depressing it might have sounded, but then he still had his demons, didn't he? Crystallis didn't serve as a good surrogate for him to overcome his challenge, and with Yuri being out of commission for so long, there was not much to do except for what he already committed to.

"Gonna throw a welcome party ta go with it?" Instead of addressing his issue, he chose to focus on the topic at hand. It was unusual to have more than two people from their world active at a time. Even Repede was present.