He can't help but nod. If there was anyone, at all, who shouldn't have been left alone for six months with their own thoughts....

"Glitch knows. The Futaba-san who goes by Glitch. She scouted the Palace with me." Futaba Akechi, of course, with everything else Crow knows about her. "And the Amamiya-san who lives here—and Phoenix knows. I'd say they're the beginning of my team—with you and Falcon, too, if you'd like to join."

He takes up the kettle, adding a drop of tap water to heat for the filter paper.