Well, if it helps, I'm pretty sure we've got a pretty limited range of options as to who it could be.

[Rean sighs.]

Made it easier for me to follow after you, too. Coming up a mountain into a creepy lab or whatever all alone, and then you tell me off for being difficult when I get here... I swear.

[He says all that with a smile, though, before shrugging Crow's hand off of his back and stepping away for a moment.

But it's not as if he's doing it to shy away from Crow's touch. That moment is spent instead turning just slightly to extend a hand for Crow to take, turning that gentle smile in his direction.]