[He doesn't have the opportunity to apologize in return, not when that and any words he might offer are stolen from his lips by the visage before him. She speaks his name as well, so he doesn't have an instant to believe that it might be a case of mistaken identity... Not that he would necessarily assume so, but...

For her, it was the waterways of Ul'dah. For Alphinaud, it's been... so much longer.]

Minfilia! Had I not already accepted that this is not, in fact, one long drawn-out dream, I might have required a pinch.

[No, that's such an inconsequential thing to say. But the how and the why of it are beyond him. Furthermore, they're not what's important right now. His stunned face slowly resets itself and then continues into a gentle smile.]

But it is good to see you. Circumstances aside, I cannot express how glad I am to see you well.