i'm excited! ames is super into hovercar drag racing and that's where most of his time on nibiru was spent. he was often watching the races and placing bets on them and even raced himself a couple of times (which is how he wound up losing his leg). maybe they befriended each other on nibiru and then crossed paths again in lowtown after ames moved to terminus? he'd be happy to see a familiar face, that's for sure.