[Oh, there was the slip. Looks like his tongue isn't the only loose one here, and he accidentally snorts as he looks away, the smile on his face obvious as to what else was in her apartment. He can't help it, all that and now Aether is going to find out he'd stayed there while he was kidnapped. Are they both going to get an earful?

Does it matter, when he's prepared to get an earful from Aether anyway?

Maybe all the pain he's enduring at the moment is worth it for this. They did say they were going to be more transparent with Aether. He would prefer that, because Aether is still his friend, and hiding what he's doing with Lumine really isn't helping matters.

So he takes a few steps back from the bed before Lumine can shove another rice bun in his mouth.]

I've been staying with her while we figured out your location, to ensure that she wasn't kidnapped along with you. My things are at her apartment as well. Had I not done so, I may never of known she'd gone off by herself to the warehouse to save you, [Ajax says as he shoots a look at Lumine, even if she can't see it.] And then perhaps we wouldn't be having this conversation right now.

[Sighing, he hobbles over to the chair to sit in it again, groaning as he does so. He swears his body isn't going to feel great for a month.]