Rezo is in the greenhouse car when Zelgadis finds him, tending to the flower that Zelgadis may remember from a few platforms ago. But hearing Zelgadis speak- and calling his name in that specific tone- immediately makes him tense up, and he nearly drops the watering can he’s holding.

As it is, he sets it very deliberately down and forces himself to impassivity when he turns around.

“Zelgadis,” he says. “Is- Is something the matter?”

Because maybe the reason Zelgadis is here is because there’s some sort of mazoku-related reason that he wants Rezo to do something about. Or someone is injured enough that he’s willing to go to Rezo about it. Maybe.

But Rezo realizes that this is not very likely. Not with the way things have been lately.