[Mirage - Souji wasn't sure if he'd heard the name before, but he had heard that description. Bit by bit, he was finding out more about the people in Cliff's life. Fayt, Maria, Albel, Nel, and now Mirage. An entire group of people he was also missing, possibly fearing for, just like Souji did. Cliff, however, didn't seem like the sort to worry, but that likely just meant he did it below the surface, where others couldn't see. As straightforward as the Klausian could be, he also had his secrets and parts of himself that he couldn't or wouldn't explain. At least, not yet.

Souji smiled back as he relaxed against the side of the hot spring.]

So I take it she wiped the floor with you and taught you a lesson about underestimating the pretty ones then. [Souji tried not to laugh as he leaned in toward Cliff.] That explains a lot about your tastes in people, you know.