"Seriously?" He asked, the surprise evident on his face. "Didn't see that coming."

The two had seemed like part of a matched set. They spoke in low voices and seemed to communicate with little more than glances to the point where anyone watching them could wonder if they were telepathic. And that was ignoring the fact that Marluxia in a whirling burst of pink petals, had pulled a scythe from goodness knows where in defense of Lumi, in front of a roomful of people. Talk to the other members of the Clan, and their underlings, suggested that Lumi was the bodyguard, so the display had come as a bigger surprise to those who knew that little tidbit of information.

"So what's he like, then?" He asked, cocking his head to one side.