Tilting his head, Ven considered that. He didn't really have any personal experiences to compare it with; his life had been normal, or so he'd thought, up until Terra left. Everything after that had been new, but still within his range of normal, and by the time things went badly he didn't have the luxury of stopping to think about it. Then again, wasn't that kind of what he was doing now? Looking around town, trying to make some new friends all while pushing aside the anxious static in the back of his mind that continued to remind him that Terra, Aqua, and Sora were nowhere in sight? That he couldn't feel them anymore?

Maybe so. Either way, it was what it was, so after a moment Ven made a sound that was part sigh, part halfhearted laugh.

"I'm not so sure I know what 'normal' really is, but I think you're right." The mood passed quickly, though, and he soon gave another genuine smile. "I'm just glad we were brought in before things got too bad. This way we'll have time to get ready and everything." For whatever-it-was, and by getting this job thing under control. It had sounded simple enough in theory, but the details were what had started to throw him.