I never said I would attend for certain. You know how busy I am around this time since I have to prepare for Chinese New Year, aru. I thought you always got an invitation as well, Xīnxīlán. To America's Christmas parties.

[Tilting his head to the side now. Should he ask about the bloody uniform and the rifle? Usually he'd try to avoid beginning a conversation about something like that, but this just keeps getting stranger and stranger.]

Er... Forgive me, but you look... a little younger than I remember.