In all fairness, Ritsuka could be forgiven for not instantly recognizing an otherwise very familiar face. Even apart from simply wearing his hair in a high ponytail, the man she might have known under one or several names was in black and dark green as opposed to his usual red and gold. His left hand rested on the handle of a cane at his side, and his right...was also branded with three bright red symbols in a similar but markedly different shape.
"Not...exactly, no. You could say I've been here...almost a year, I think?"
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In all fairness, Ritsuka could be forgiven for not instantly recognizing an otherwise very familiar face. Even apart from simply wearing his hair in a high ponytail, the man she might have known under one or several names was in black and dark green as opposed to his usual red and gold. His left hand rested on the handle of a cane at his side, and his right...was also branded with three bright red symbols in a similar but markedly different shape.
"Not...exactly, no. You could say I've been here...almost a year, I think?"