Once, he might have been talkative around his friends, but after having faced his betrayals and surviving in the Vortex World, he might have well turned into one.

"Well, I'm from the Vortex World, but Hitoshura was from Tokyo." And again he was reminded how much Pixie had changed after all their travels, to the point where he wondered if some of his Freedom had rubbed off on her. She really was the closest he had to a best friend now.