"I know! I told ya I was a master! But I can teach you the best ways and the best spots to hide in. ...You'll be Master Number Three because Yukio is working on being Number Two."

He hardly notices the difference in the mist. His mind is a whirl of all the wonderful things he gets to do now with a friend and all of the possibilities that follow it. It's not until he hears the thunder clap that he realizes how much thicker the mist has become. It's a loud and deafening sound that seems to shake the world around them.

In that moment, he couldn't be happier for the mist. He was sure that he had jumped at the sound and probably looked like a scared little bird...