Nel smiled brightly at Even. "You were right the first time," she said, cheerfully. "Technically." It wasn't exactly morning by the standard definition, since the day had been aired by now, but it wasn't late enough for afternoon.

"Finding your way around?" She asked him. He'd obviously been poking around the gardens, and at a guess, he'd probably been out there talking with Marluxia about all the things Marluxia couldn't tell him with Arrancar around, and that might have scared him off before he'd agreed to join.