There is always a reason to stand on ceremony. I know you don't think of it as of great importance. To me, however...

[ It still does. All of this is important because it's how they are tied together. This is the nature of their relationship, in part. Of course it's not something that Xiao really wants to let go. Not when Rex Lapis technically no longer is.

Xiao gets up from where he is kneeling. Then takes a seat at the table. ]

When the nightmare energy flares up, I tend to feel it. A tickling in the back of my mind that is similar to the madness.