[Its important for Red Son to go out. He knows that. He knows being a workaholic in his workshop is worrying Saya and others. He knows works helps him cope, but he also knows if he shuts himself away entirely, he can easily lose tracks of weeks or months.]

[Once it had been years after a particularly hard string of failures.]

[And that much time is not something he wants to lose, so he has to get out, and it can't just be going to his few friends because then they may express concern and he's trying to get out of his own head.]

[There seemed to be some kind grand opening which is frankly only kind of party he's fairly okay with because he doesn't have to deal with people at length and he can just see what activities there are.]

[Their random prizes have proven entertaining before. The ball shrinking and growing is interesting, though apparently there's more of a trick to opening it, but he's sure he just needs a minute, and he moves to sit out of the way to do so when]

[He sees a familiar sight that he absolutely did not expect.]

[He freezes, staring.]