"You did?!" Congratulations, Espio. You've just become even cooler.

Shouyou loses all hesitation now, getting right up Espio's space as his eyes practically sparkle.

"What was it like? Are there things like phoenixes everywhere where you're from? Can you talk to them?" He hardly draws breath as he fires off question after question. To someone like him, who'd come from a world far more normal, he can't help but be excited over everyone else's brushes with the fantastical.