He was not entirely surprised by Elizabeth's transformation. Though he'd never say it, he found it somehow... fitting. Neither of his other two friends made as much sense, though; but perhaps he simply didn't know them as well as he thought he did.<br/><br/>When Mateia seemed fine, he'd cast a glance back towards the others, then shrug his shoulders. "We should get going then, meet the survivors.  Which way do we go? I'll take lead, if you'd like." The first sentence was to everyone; the last was to Mateia. She had just exhausted herself, meanwhile, Masato was still full of vim and vigor, and perhaps a bit eager to try out his new weapons... but such eagerness, like most things when it came to the odd student, was obfuscated by the neutral face he portrayed to the world.