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In some ways, Mika had been largely lucky. Or unlucky, depending on how you looked at it. For the most part, his key memories had remained intact, only forgetting various miscellaneous odd facts or skills here and there, some of which proved more inconvenient than others.

But that wasn't the point right now. There'd been something he'd started thinking about lately, as the weather turned colder and the leaves began changing color, especially since it seemed like here he had little enough to do at times but sit around and think. Unfortunately, it wasn't something he really had any idea what to do about, so much as he was loathe to admit it, he decided to seek out someone who probably could do something. Or get others to do something, at least. And the first person who'd come to mind, much to Mika's annoyance....

"Hey, where's that red-headed idiot?"

Since Mika hadn't seen much of Nagi lately, it only made sense to ask the person he'd normally seen accompanying the mage.

Saber looked at him in dismayed by the lack of greeting. Red-headed idiot, though? Which one? The image of several of them crossed her mind while she admonished him for his lack of greeting.

"Your manners are poor as always," she grumbled, "Who are you speaking about? Shirou is gone." Shirou had been a boy who had cooked her delicious food and lived with her in this Tree. She had been fond of him and his girlfriend who stayed next door, Rin.

"Nagi." Said very matter-of-factly, as if there really shouldn't have been any question as to who he was referring to. "I wanted to ask him something."

Nagi? Oh, that magus she had inexplicably invited to stay with her. "He is missing. I do not think he is with us anymore," she smiles as she informs that, "He has a child, thus it is better for him to be returned where his family is."

That answer earned a bit of a frown. Certainly, Mika had begun to suspect as much, but since he couldn't think of anyone else to bother with what he'd been thinking about lately, at least part of him had hoped Nagi was just being unusually quiet and scarce.

"Of course a moron like that would get to leave..." Mika was, perhaps, a little jealous of that. He had family to protect back home, too, after all. That, and now he wasn't sure how best to proceed here.

Though even so, he was finally starting to realize what seemed unusual about Saber's demeanor. "Though you seem more cheerful than usual."

Maybe Nagi being gone had put her in a better mood?

She didn't understand why he was in a sour mood. "Do you miss him? If you want, I will be your friend instead of him," she volunteered, extending her hand. "I am more than enough to protect these tree from danger."

Although Nagi had been a good help.

She tilted her head, surprised by his commentary. "I am? I do not feel very different," Arturia admitted, a little taken aback.

Miss him? Friend? What on earth was she talking about? Mika colored a bit at just the suggestion of it.

"Why would I miss an annoying idiot like him?" Mika snapped back, ignoring her offer.

"You never said more than you had to before," he explained, trying to think of a good description. "Like everything was just business."

It had somewhat reminded him of Rene, really, while her attitude now put him more in mind of Lacus.

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