its not too late to pick up the pieces

Anything even mildly interesting was enough to capture his attention, and he deemed this female interesting enough to follow... at least for now. Rather than stalking after her, he merely continued on in the same direction she was going, moving at his own lazy pace. There was little purpose to his movements - he had no goal in mind today whatsoever, he was merely exploring the volcano and checking out the remnants of the eruption. His own mind didn't wander to those that no doubt perished in the eruption; the affairs of others didn't concern him. Instead he was more prone to dredging up memories he himself had formed here, most of them many years ago, and trying to recall exactly how this mountain had once looked. It'd definitely been quite a bit different than this..

"We can only hope," Kai shot back at her, chuckling almost morbidly at the thought. "At least we'll both be dead before we realize otherwise, right?" If the volcano decided to erupt while they were up here, Kai knew they'd perish. That thought didn't bother him very much, but he wasn't sure his current company would agree with him. He knew not everyone possessed the innate ability to be so calm and collected when discussing their mortality. That thought alone earned another low chuckle, barely audible at all. "Name's Kai, by the way." Might as well give his name if he was allowing her to entertain him for a short while, despite not feeling overly friendly so far today.