It did break his concentration, judging by the usual neutral expression that returned to his face. Curious to what she was pointing out, Duster turned to her before remembering what he was carrying.

"Oh, this?" He hadn't gone around showing it to everyone while he was still learning. Today was the first time it would see battle. "It's a concertina. I bought it while I was traveling to Bacilea after...all that."

Duster's voice trailed off. Like Rialynn, he was puppeted by Narasimha to kill the people he cared about, but Santa and Jack came back. Zelda was one of the first people he met in Crystallis and bought his ocarina, but Rialynn did not deserve to know how badly her death affected Duster.

"...Anyway, it's good to see you again. The past month was really busy for me." A lopsided smile for her, for encouragement.