It's...

_{[His brows knit together and he finds himself stumbling a bit when the Arcanine decides it's a good time to take a seat and lean. The only thing saving him from making a spectacle is his grip on the harness which he uses to keep himself steady (and to lean back against the dog in playful retaliation). Come on, don't make him look weird, buddy!]}

S-Sorry, uh. It's been awhile. ...Almost two years now, I think. Since I got here. I haven't seen you since the last time the three of us met up, but I heard... things.

_{[A lot of things, especially after he had been sent back and returned to this world. Things he'd like to honestly forget.]}

Are you, uh...

<sub>[Are you okay, he wants to ask. He doesn't know what happened exactly, but he also doesn't know what happened to her after everything went down. Logically he knows she has to be safe - Zeke even said so himself, right? She could take care of herself much better than he and Reiner could take care of themselves.

The situation they fell into was proof enough of that.]</sub>