[ Akira's met with blank stares, because that's all Minato can really offer for unfamiliar names, although he imagines it must be nice having two attendants in the Velvet Room to sit and chat with.

Elizabeth is indeed small and terrifying, but the thought of her beings a faint smile to Minato's face, fond and reminiscent. ]

She was always very curious about the world... Said she'd never been outside of the Velvet Room, so we'd go out together. And she'd find something to love about everything. ...Once, she asked me to go out and buy her a drink— in return, she gifted me a sword. That sort of person.