[The moment Sync replies, Ion realizes just what he's gotten himself into and frowns. This wasn't the first time he's had a conversation like this, and just like the last time, the end result was the same. And especially in Sync's case, it was just far too soon to think that he could have changed. After all, Sync didn't just not regret it. He reveled in it. Ion could see it in his eyes and hear it in that twisted laugh...]

[But Ion's expression drops from his face the instant he mentions Anise, his hands tightening into fists at his side. Do you see that, Sync? You hit a sore spot. And he'll be damned if he lets it show any more than it already is. There's a pause, just enough for a calming breath, before he speaks.]

...we were enemies on Auldrant. It isn't as though I've forgotten that. [Despite his change temperance moments ago, his voice remains calm and gentle.]

But that doesn't mean we need to be enemies here. Regardless of what you've done in the past, you still matter to me. And that's why I want to start over. I want the chance to get know you as you. Not just Sync the God-General, but Sync the person.

And maybe someday you could get to know me as... someone more than just a replacement for the original Fon Master.