A nod. "Mmhmm. Ancient Fiary had been captured, and she told me that to save her, I needed to find her servant -- Regulus. But, she didn't tell me anything about him, or where to find him at all. And when I finally got to the Town of Schwank--" it's a strange town name, but Ruka's expression doesn't register it at all. "--all the spirits still around wouldn't talk to me.

"That's when the Demonic Monkey King, Zeman's soldiers started chasing me. They captured Kuribon and the others, but right when I thought I was done for, that's when he saved me. Well, found me a place to hide, more like. He wasn't really a brave sort of person at all, at first."