You and Taigen had always been decently close, you at his side or he was helping you fix a wound up (or visa versa)- almost stuck together with glue.

After you had entertained one of his many boasts about the duels he had won, you had went off to explore the vendors and their goods. Not even a second later, a low voice rung out behind you "Are you really going to entertain him and his made up stories?". Mizu, and she sounded almost..jealous?... "He's a puffed-up-crow, squawking like that"