"I wondered where he was," Steven said, since he hadn't been fully certain if he just hadn't spotted Prompto in the crowd, especially with everyone in costume. "And, er, you know. Got back from holiday. Returned to all that strangeness. Been... interesting."

It was times like this when Steven especially regretted that he hadn't been able to go visit Liz as often as he would have liked. He wouldn't have minded getting her thoughts on some of the things going on with him but a party was not the place for it on several levels.