"Morning," he said, and "Nice to meet you, Akito." When had Vash started going by his real name? At least he'd already guessed about the cross thing - he'd have been more annoyed, honestly, if Vash hadn't kept it around. It was a handy thing to have... no point in letting it rust as some sort of bizarre, extra-morbid gravestone or something. "Are you normally up this early, Akito?" he asked, sending a sideways, meaningful glance at his friend.