Snow had been out on his daily errands, trying to ignore the fact that new arrivals were schedule to come today. It seemed to be a monthly thing now, and he wasn't entirely sure that he had the strength to go greet people every single time, knowing their fate, and knowing that some of them might not even make it through to the next month.

He'd started to learn the back alleys and shortcuts around Aqures Ixen during his time here, and it made his day-to-day life easier. The distance was shorter, and there was less congestion on the whole. It was here that he encountered the new Black Knight in town, but before Snow could reach a decision whether or not now was a good time to introduce himself (after all, people who typically took the side streets did so in order to avoid being bothered), they'd already passed by one another.

Not two steps past him, though, Snow stopped and spun on his heels, eyeing him suspiciously as he went. It couldn't be... could it?

"Caius?"

Snow had never actually met the man himself -- not for real, not face to face -- but he recognized him from both his Focus dream and the brief glimpse of him that he'd caught upon the world's ending. This was the man who'd killed Etro -- who'd killed Serah -- and all things considered, Snow still hadn't fully worked through his feelings about it yet. This was going to be an interesting encounter, to say the least.