Chiff has a nod of acknowledgement, and its own grin: help is help, and Chiff's is appreciated as much as Anan for the setup entire.

"I have, thank you. Both nothing like anything I know, and at heart similar to ones I know. The dancing's been new," he says, and he laughs a moment after. "We really don't dance back home if it's not in practice for swordplay, which really isn't the same at all. How've you been? With the festival, since Chaos, since whatever marker counts for you. Same for your friend," he says, nodding again to Chiff.