[He'd only really learned, since arriving here, that yes--she was the same Mai essentially he'd met a younger version of in the other timeline. Which meant that version of Mai, and Shu and Pilaf, might also be de-aged thanks to a wish gone awry. That was a thought for another time though.

The younger Mai he remembered certainly hadn't seemed to be as much in Pilaf's shadow, even though she and Shu had followed his lead. The trio had seemed either inseparable, or he'd encountered young Mai on her own.]

And now? Like I said, I know you can make yourself heard easily, but I still don't want you to feel left out, or like you have to compete to get yourself heard.