Takasugi heard Aqua's approach long before she actually turned up, and was thus watching her come around with a peculiar little smile on his face. It was, in a way, a small victory that he was smiling at all.

"Good morning." A pause, and then: "Care to join me?"

Here was one person who still believed in him, and happened to still be around. Here was the one person who had, in one too many ways, saved his life. Here was the one person that he felt safe with at the moment, and - while things remained complicated and more than just a little bittersweet - the one person whom he could trust.