[Lion stops walking to focus on him for a moment. It is a conversation that deserves some attention and there's no one around anyway.]

Hm...my cousin, Battler-kun...we've been best friends since we were very small. At one point, though, he left the family for a little while. Apparently he usually leaves for longer, in the other worlds...well, that doesn't matter. The point is that he left. I called him as much as I could but he needed some space. I eventually managed to convince him to come back but it took...a couple of years. When he came back...he was still Battler-kun. I thought so, anyway.

[Looking up at the high ceiling.] But he was different, too. And so was I. We'd all changed in that time and despite how easily we could play and act like kids again, there were jarring moments when I would realise it wasn't the same. It was...scary to think someone I was so close to could be different from my memories. So I got to know him again. Maybe...you two need to get to know each other again, too.