[That first word catches his attention immediately, but it takes him a moment to react to it; there's surely no way -

And then Mondo is there and slapping him on the back and he's...admittedly nearly falling over because that came out of nowhere and goodness lord he isn't even going to address the tears because...lbr they're going to be a moot point anyway in about two seconds.]

Aniki! It's good to know that I didn't keep you waiting - tardiness is still unacceptable, even here!

[...it's a bit hard to tell if that's joking or entirely serious.]

Even if I still don't know where "here" is...