"What a coincidence, my dear Songbird," Roze said as her eyes narrowed toward the ongoing battle. "I was just wondering the same about our other participant." It seemed as if Roze had taken note of something in this moment; something that perhaps made this battle a bit more interesting, if not disturbing for her to watch. But, before going into any detail about this, she chose to look onward for the sake of taking in more information.

With his outstretched hand rejected, Naoto withdrew his offer for the moment. It seemed Jinx thought he was up to something in his strange ways, but such was not the case at all. Of course, he didn't know this woman, and she didn't know him, so he couldn't really be surprised by this assumption. "I have no ill will toward you. I was told to come here and fight, so I will. I just don't want to be thought of as a bad person if I win, and now I'm warmed up. You won't be able to injure me any more than you already have."