[ As far as Mitsuru is aware, she just did a favour for someone she's never met before. A simple thank you would have been more than enough and she would have been on her way again, perhaps to help some other poor wildcard or lower rank escape a seagull lifeguard assault.
But then he addresses her as "Mitsuru-senpai" and that throws her. First, he knows her name and second, he's referring to her as senpai. Nobody in this place has referred to her as senpai since Kotone had been here... a painful thought now that she had gone but one that Mitsuru will stubbornly shove to one side for now.
So she gazes at this apparent stranger, puzzled, trying to place him. She doesn't recognise him yet there is something strangely familiar about him, something she can't place. She'd had the same feeling when she'd met Yu she realises. ]
so sorry this is so late! totally lost the notif
But then he addresses her as "Mitsuru-senpai" and that throws her. First, he knows her name and second, he's referring to her as senpai. Nobody in this place has referred to her as senpai since Kotone had been here... a painful thought now that she had gone but one that Mitsuru will stubbornly shove to one side for now.
So she gazes at this apparent stranger, puzzled, trying to place him. She doesn't recognise him yet there is something strangely familiar about him, something she can't place. She'd had the same feeling when she'd met Yu she realises. ]
Have we met?