"No, it was..." He squinted, trying to remember exactly. "A long time ago. Not too long after he first got here, actually," he said.

What had prompted it? He couldn't recall now, exactly. But he did know that in those days, it had been a tentative friendship, hampered by the minor stalking and the unresolved issue of this 'Ventus' person.

Things changed.

"He left them for me at Kahve," he added. "They were kind of cool."