All of this really doesn't make much sense but that's pretty much been the story since forever. Their lives were such complicated messes that it really shouldn't be a surprise that this is just another one of them.
That smile is something he notices. There's a real one that he wouldn't have seen had Fai still be angry at him. Which is definitely very telling of when the mage was from.]
At least we know we could communicate even without these devices. [Playing charades for six months made them excellent at figuring out what the other wanted. Though Kurogane has had even more time to get to know the mage.]
I thought it was something like that, yeah. It's been a while since I was in Nihon. A lot of things happened. [Crazy, unbelievable things.]
Hmph, you're probably already halfway there. There's no point in racing when I'm sure you'll get there first. [Yeah, he recognizes that playful grin.] I'll just meet you there.
[Kurogane is extremely calm about all of this - doesn't seem as easily riled as he had been at the start of their journey.]