"Itsuki, who was into the karate? Yeah, I met all three of them on their first days here. Noctis, and Zechs..."

He trails into a moment of silence.

"I wonder why we see them come and go, but we stick around. I know it's just- luck, whatever you wanna call it. But it's...strange. The more you see it happen. The longer you're here, but others aren't."

That some threads can break away, but yours seems to stick - for better or for worse.