Fancy parties like this one definitely made sense as far as Green was concerned as a possible place to look for candidates to join their number. (Not that many more were needed, by now.) Somewhere to show off, create an image... it fit, as far as his understanding of things that little further away from his own regions of the spectrum went. More than that, the stories about this new scholar-prince's arrival have his attention. Someone worth talking to, that's for sure...

It only becomes clear as he sees Naoto in the crowds that there's no need for persuasion any longer. How this has happened? He can't be sure. Surprises aren't so much his field. But it's a wonderful sign in any case...

"You always knew how t' make an entrance, huh?" he asks, as the ebbs and flows of the event leave them in position to speak with each other.