Yeah... I only just arrived recently, so I missed a lot... there's no way I wouldn't have found Kohaku eventually, though. I care about her too much to let something like this stop me.

[ It may sound like an attempt at a joke but Shing really does mean every word of it. EIther way, he joins Kohaku in glancing at Anya before nodding in agreement with Kohaku, but then he pauses as he glances at Kohaku curiously. ]

... she's a friend of yours, I take it?