"Rhys speaks glowingly about everybody," he stated. He didn't think of it as trying to be modest, but just because that was what Rhys usually did. "But I'm glad you met. Rhys is part of my family, in a sense. We've fought side-by-side for quite some time."

Yikes. It felt like quite some time, but it had only been a bit over a year or two. Ike lost count of how long he'd actually been fighting among the Greil Mercenaries because of how much he'd actually been through.