[Kakyoin broke out into a quiet but very genuine laugh, hurriedly hiding it behind his hand.]

Mista's a little more infuriating than Polnareff ever was, but I've noticed they're very similar in a way. That's exactly the kind of thing he might have done in any other circumstances.

[Strangely, he found himself recalling Death Thirteen again, but in a context lacking the sheer mortal terror of the incident. He never really did get Polnareff back for making Kakyoin want to throttle him, but he supposed it kind of evened itself out in the end.]

...He's a good person, but he drove us all insane more than a few times.