"Waah!"

X squinted his eyes almost on instinct at the sudden blinding glare that assaulted him. He held up a single hand over his face, also instinctual. His eyes weren't adjusting to sudden light, either.

Things but stranger and stranger.

But this...

Was not what he had expected. Perhaps an exchanged pleasantry or two, some tossed questions back and forth, and with luck, some answers that X very much needed, considering his situation. Finding a young man in a hallway in a place he wasn't familiar with would usually yield such an exchange, one that would have benefitted the both of them, had this person been in the same situation as himself.

But this?

How does...I've never seen this man before! How does he know my name?! And why is he calling me...?

X felt his stomach knot at the sight. He opened and closed his mouth, trying to will sound to come out, to say something.

It wasn't until the third try where he managed to get it to agree with him.

"How...How do you know my name?" It was almost a whisper, carried by a tone of curiosity, shock, and surprise. "Who are you?"